Reasons for aspirin resistance

Andrzej Szczeklik

doi:10.1160/TH11-02-0120

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2011; 105(06): 1124
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-02-0120

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Reasons for aspirin resistance

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Andrzej Szczeklik

¹Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Medicine, Kraków, Poland

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