Plasma Thrombomodulin Is Increased in Cord Blood of Healthy Newborns

Thromb Haemost 1995; 73(02): 326
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1653774

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

I Orbe

Hematology Service, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

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J A Páramo

Hematology Service, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

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A Pinacho

Hematology Service, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

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J Hermida

Hematology Service, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

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E Rocha

Hematology Service, University Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

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