Functional von Willebrand Factor assays are not predictive for the absence of highest-molecular
weight von Willebrand Factor multimers in patients with aortic-valve stenosis

Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(02): 465-466
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614774

Letters to the Editor

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Christoph Sucker

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany

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Peter Feindt

²Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Duesseldorf, Germany

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Rainer B. Zotz

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany

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Marcus Stockschlaeder

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany

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Rüdiger E. Scharf

¹Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany

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