Experience of secondary prophylaxis in 20 adolescent and adult Italian hemophiliacs

Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(04): 542-543
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-06-0307

Letters to the Editor

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Authors

Annarita Tagliaferri

¹Regional Reference Center for Inherited Bleeding Disorders, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Gianna Franca Rivolta

¹Regional Reference Center for Inherited Bleeding Disorders, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Gina Rossetti

³Transfusion and Hemophilia Center, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
Corrado Pattacini

¹Regional Reference Center for Inherited Bleeding Disorders, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Giorgio Gandini

²Transfusion and Hemophilia Center, City Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
Massimo Franchini

²Transfusion and Hemophilia Center, City Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

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