Occult Cancer and Venous Thromboembolism

Adriano Alatri; Paolo Bucciarelli; Marco Moia; Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615204

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(02): 347-348
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615204

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Occult Cancer and Venous Thromboembolism

Adriano Alatri

¹“Angelo Bianchi-Bonomi” Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital and University of Milan, Italy

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Paolo Bucciarelli

¹“Angelo Bianchi-Bonomi” Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital and University of Milan, Italy

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Marco Moia

¹“Angelo Bianchi-Bonomi” Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital and University of Milan, Italy

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Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

¹“Angelo Bianchi-Bonomi” Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital and University of Milan, Italy

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