First Italian Families with Homozygous R854Q Type 2 N Von Willebrand Disease

Giancarlo Castaman; Elisabetta Novella; Laura Contino; Marta Demicheli; Francesco Rodeghiero

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1613249

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2002; 88(03): 534-535
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613249

Letters to the Editor

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First Italian Families with Homozygous R854Q Type 2 N Von Willebrand Disease

Giancarlo Castaman

²Department of Hematology and Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

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Elisabetta Novella

²Department of Hematology and Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

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Laura Contino

¹Blood Transfusion Center, Hospital of Alessandria, Italy

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Marta Demicheli

¹Blood Transfusion Center, Hospital of Alessandria, Italy

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Francesco Rodeghiero

²Department of Hematology and Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

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