Fondaparinux is an effective alternative anticoagulant in pregnant women with high risk of venous thromboembolism and intolerance to low-molecular-weight heparins and heparinoids

Thromb Haemost 2007; 97(03): 496-497
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-10-0577

Letters to the Editor

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Authors

Andrea Gerhardt

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
Rainer Bernd Zotz

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
Marcus Stockschlaeder

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
Rüdiger Scharf Eberhard

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

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