Effective Treatment of Severe Bleeding due to Acquired Thrombocytopathia by Single Dose Administration of Activated Recombinant Factor VII

Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(01): 204-205
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615168

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Authors

K. Meijer

¹Division of Thrombosis, Haemostasis and Rheology
E. Sieders

²Department of Surgery, Divisions of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
M. J. H. Slooff

²Department of Surgery, Divisions of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
J. Th. M. de Wolf

³Department of Hematology, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands
J. van der Meer

¹Division of Thrombosis, Haemostasis and Rheology

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