Tamoxifen Increases von Willebrand Factor in Women who Underwent Breast Cancer Surgery

A. D. Blann; A. D. Baildam; A. Howell; J. P. Miller

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615776

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(05): 941-942
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615776

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Tamoxifen Increases von Willebrand Factor in Women who Underwent Breast Cancer Surgery

Authors

A. D. Blann

¹University Department of Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester
A. D. Baildam

¹University Department of Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester
A. Howell

¹University Department of Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester
J. P. Miller

¹University Department of Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester

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