Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Haemophiliacs

A. M. Eis-Hubinger; B. Matz; W. Effenberger; H. H. Brackmann; F. Neipel

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614054

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(03): 515-517
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614054

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Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Haemophiliacs

A. M. Eis-Hubinger

¹From the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Germany

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B. Matz

¹From the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Germany

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W. Effenberger

²Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine of the University of Bonn, Germany

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H. H. Brackmann

²Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine of the University of Bonn, Germany

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F. Neipel

³Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology of the University Erlangen, Germany

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