Inhibitors against Factor VIII Associated with the Use of Interferon-alpha and Fludarabine

Sabah Sallah; Jim Y. Wan

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616545

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(04): 1119-1121
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616545

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Inhibitors against Factor VIII Associated with the Use of Interferon-alpha and Fludarabine

Authors

Sabah Sallah

¹Division of Hematology/Oncology
Jim Y. Wan

²Department of Biostatistics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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