Insights into Cancer-Associated Thrombosis from Leukemia (“Leucocythemia”) from the 19th Century: The Untimely Death of the Scottish Slater John Menteith

Bingwen Eugene Fan

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1777303

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Semin Thromb Hemost 2024; 50(05): 790-793
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777303

Letter to the Editor

Insights into Cancer-Associated Thrombosis from Leukemia (“Leucocythemia”) from the 19th Century: The Untimely Death of the Scottish Slater John Menteith

Bingwen Eugene Fan

¹Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

³Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

⁴Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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