Successful Epistaxis Control in a Patient with Glanzmann Thrombasthenia by Increased Bolus Injection Dose of Recombinant Factor VIIa

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(06): 1778
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614920

Letters to the Editor

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Ampaiwan Chuansumrit

¹From the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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Chonsuphang Sangkapreecha

¹From the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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Phongjan Hathirat

¹From the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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