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Thromb Haemost 2007; 97(01): 9-10
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-12-0687
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Tissue factor-positive microparticles in blood associated with coagulopathy in cancer

Ursula Rauch
1   CharitéCenter für Herz-, Kreislauf- und Gefäßmedizin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Silvio Antoniak
1   CharitéCenter für Herz-, Kreislauf- und Gefäßmedizin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Received 04 December 2006

Accepted 04 December 2006

Publication Date:
28 November 2017 (online)

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