Perioperative bridging with fondaparinux in a woman with antithrombin deficiency

Rupert Bauersachs; Susanne Alban

doi:10.1160/TH06-10-0598

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2007; 97(03): 498-499
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-10-0598

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Perioperative bridging with fondaparinux in a woman with antithrombin deficiency

Authors

Rupert Bauersachs

¹Medizinische Klinik IV, Klinikum Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Susanne Alban

²Pharmazeutisches Institut, Abteilung Pharmazeutische Biologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

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