Platelet Glycoprotein Ib and Reactivity of Platelets in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Hemodialysed Patients

Thromb Haemost 2002; 87(02): 344-345
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612998

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Szymon Brzόsko

¹ Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine

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Tomasz Hryszko

¹ Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine

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Janusz Zak

² Department of Pediatric Laboratory Diagnostics, Bialystok Medical School, Bialystok, Poland

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Jolanta Wysocka

² Department of Pediatric Laboratory Diagnostics, Bialystok Medical School, Bialystok, Poland

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Michal Mysliwiec

¹ Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine

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