Revised Classification and Treatment of von Willebrand Disease

S. Lethagen; K. Frick; C. Isaksson; A.-C. Kristoffersson; L. Holmberg

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615163

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(01): 199-200
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615163

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Revised Classification and Treatment of von Willebrand Disease

S. Lethagen

¹Departments of Coagulation Disorders Malmö and Paediatrics, Lund University, Sweden

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K. Frick

¹Departments of Coagulation Disorders Malmö and Paediatrics, Lund University, Sweden

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C. Isaksson

¹Departments of Coagulation Disorders Malmö and Paediatrics, Lund University, Sweden

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A.-C. Kristoffersson

¹Departments of Coagulation Disorders Malmö and Paediatrics, Lund University, Sweden

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L. Holmberg

¹Departments of Coagulation Disorders Malmö and Paediatrics, Lund University, Sweden

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