Reliable Estimates of Plasma Protein S Levels: Are We Getting any Closer?

Elena M. Faioni

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615980

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Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(05): 1139-1140
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615980

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Reliable Estimates of Plasma Protein S Levels: Are We Getting any Closer?

Elena M. Faioni

¹Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, I. R. C. C. S. Maggiore Hospital and University of Milano, Italy

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