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Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(05): 1062-1063
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615129
Letters to the Editor
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Effect of Evacuated Blood Collection Tubes on Thromboplastin Calibration

A. M. H. P. van den Besselaar
1   From the Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
,
J. Meeuwisse-Braim
1   From the Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
,
E. Witteveen
1   From the Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
,
E. van Meegen
2   From the Thrombosedienst Den Haag en omstreken, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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Received 15 December 1997

Accepted after revision 23 January 1998

Publication Date:
07 December 2017 (online)

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