Congenital Deficiency of Vitamin K-dependent Coagulation Factors – A Vitamin-K Dependency State?

Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(03): 932
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616155

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Jatinder S. Goraya

¹Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India

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