A Rapid Assay for the vWF Protease

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(01): 184-185
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612926

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

David L. Aronson

¹Hematology Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Dennis M. Krizek

¹Hematology Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Margaret E. Rick

¹Hematology Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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