Desmopressin Induces Decrease in Platelet Serotonin Content in Uremia

Thromb Haemost 1989; 61(03): 537
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646632

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Authors

J Matyszko

¹Department of Nephrology, Medical School, Zurawia 14, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland
M H Pietraszek

²Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical School, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland
A Azzadin

²Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical School, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland
W Buczko

²Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical School, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland
M Myśliwiec

¹Department of Nephrology, Medical School, Zurawia 14, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland

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