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Thromb Haemost 1983; 49(03): 251
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657378
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Protein C and the Development of Skin Necrosis During Anticoagulant Therapy

A W Broekmans
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Unit, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
R M Bertina
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Unit, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
E A Loeliger
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Unit, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
V Hofmann
1   Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
,
H-G Klingemann
2   The Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Marburg, West-Germany
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Received 25 March 1983

Accepted 25 April 1983

Publication Date:
18 July 2018 (online)

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