Von Willebrand Factor and Major Blood Groups in Japan

Thromb Haemost 1986; 55(02): 297
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661543

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Authors

K Kariya

First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
K Aihara

First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
A Ueno

First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
A Kimura

^*The Division of Blood Transfusion, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
Y Yoshida

First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

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