Reply to Rebuttal: Hemostatic Changes following the Modified Fontan Procedure

Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(05): 1342
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616077

Letters to the Editor

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Authors

Ralf Rauch

¹University Children’s Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany Head, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany
Michael Hofbeck

¹University Children’s Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany Head, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany

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