Interference with Oral Anticoagulant Treatment by Oestrogen – Influence of Oestrogen Administration Route

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(03): 471-472
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614503

Letters to the Editor

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Frédéric Cotton

¹From the Departments of Clinical Pathology and of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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Philippe Sorlin

¹From the Departments of Clinical Pathology and of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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Bernard Corvilain

²Departments of Endocrinology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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Jean-Marie Fockedey

¹From the Departments of Clinical Pathology and of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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Paul Capel

¹From the Departments of Clinical Pathology and of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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