Low Affinity Platelet Factor 4 and High Affinity Platelet Factor 4 - Two Antiheparin Factors Secreted by Human Platelets^[*]

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^* Presented at the VIth International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Philadelphia, U.S.A

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