Can Low Level of von Willebrand Factor Decrease the Risk of Thrombosis in Families with Antithrombin or Protein C Deficiency?

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(05): 846-847
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614581

Letters to the Editor

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Maria M. Jelenska

¹From the Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology, Warsaw University Medical School, Poland

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Malgorzata Palester-Chlebowczyk

¹From the Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology, Warsaw University Medical School, Poland

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Tadeusz R. Grochowiecki

¹From the Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology, Warsaw University Medical School, Poland

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Stanislaw Zajac

¹From the Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology, Warsaw University Medical School, Poland

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