The Current Status of Platelet Suppressive Drugs in the Treatment of Thrombosis^[*]

 

^* Presented at the National Conference on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, under the auspices of the Council on Thrombosis of the American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas, November, 1974.

^** Please address all correspondence to Dr. J. Hirsh, Department of Pathology, McMaster University Medical Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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