Acute myocardial infarction during substitution with recombinant factor VIII concentrate in a patient with mild haemophilia A

Jean-Louis Kerkhoffs; Douwe E. Atsma; Pranobe V. Oemrawsingh; Jeroen Eikenboom; Felix J. M. Van der Meer

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1613731

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2004; 92(02): 425-426
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613731

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Acute myocardial infarction during substitution with recombinant factor VIII concentrate in a patient with mild haemophilia A

Jean-Louis Kerkhoffs

¹Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

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Douwe E. Atsma

²Department, of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

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Pranobe V. Oemrawsingh

²Department, of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

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Jeroen Eikenboom

¹Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

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Felix J. M. Van der Meer

¹Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

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