Recombinant factor VIIa in a patient with Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia undergoing gynecological surgery: open issues in light of successful treatment

Antonio Coppola; Antonella Tufano; Ernesto Cimino; Annalisa Agangi; Giuseppe Maria Maruotti; Pasquale Martinelli; Giovanni Di Minno

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614304

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2004; 92(06): 1450-1452
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614304

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Recombinant factor VIIa in a patient with Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia undergoing gynecological surgery: open issues in light of successful treatment

Antonio Coppola

²Centro di Coordinamento Regionale per le Emocoagulo-patie, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Antonella Tufano

²Centro di Coordinamento Regionale per le Emocoagulo-patie, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Ernesto Cimino

²Centro di Coordinamento Regionale per le Emocoagulo-patie, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Annalisa Agangi

¹Department of Gynecological and Obstetric Emergencies, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

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Giuseppe Maria Maruotti

¹Department of Gynecological and Obstetric Emergencies, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

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Pasquale Martinelli

¹Department of Gynecological and Obstetric Emergencies, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

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Giovanni Di Minno

²Centro di Coordinamento Regionale per le Emocoagulo-patie, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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