Is the Increase in Plasma von Willebrand Factor Concentrations in Diabetes mellitus Related to Insulin Levels?

Coen D A Stehouwer

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1642450

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1994; 71(03): 398-399
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1642450

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Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Is the Increase in Plasma von Willebrand Factor Concentrations in Diabetes mellitus Related to Insulin Levels?

Coen D A Stehouwer

Dept of Internal Medicine, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Free University Hospital, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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