A New Functional Assay for Human Protein S Activity Using Activated Factor Vas Substrate

Thromb Haemost 1989; 62(04): 1144-1145
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647133

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Martine Wolf

^*Laboratoire d’Hématologie and INSERM U.143, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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Catherine Boyer-Neumann

^*Laboratoire d’Hématologie and INSERM U.143, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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Jean-Luc Martinoli

^**Diagnostica Stago, Asnières, France

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Catherine Leroy-Matheron

^*Laboratoire d’Hématologie and INSERM U.143, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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Amiral Jean

^**Diagnostica Stago, Asnières, France

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Dominique Meyer

^*Laboratoire d’Hématologie and INSERM U.143, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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Marie-Josette Larrieu

^*Laboratoire d’Hématologie and INSERM U.143, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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