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Thromb Haemost 1996; 75(04): 695-696
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650347
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Frequency of Antibodies Directed against Heparin-Platelet Factor 4 in Patients Exposed to Heparin through Chronic Hemodialysis

M de Sancho
1   Dept. of Hematology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA
,
M G Lema
1   Dept. of Hematology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA
,
J Amiral
2   Serbio Laboratories, Gennevilliers, France
,
J Rand
1   Dept. of Hematology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA
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Received 07 August 1995

Accepted after resubmission 10 January 1996

Publication Date:
10 July 2018 (online)

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