Rebuttal: A problem of calibration in the paper ‘Point of care monitoring of oral anticoagulant therapy in children’

Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(03): 622
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616560

Letters to the Editor

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Steven Craig

¹Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK

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David Leeming

¹Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK

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Allan Sidebotham

¹Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK

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Ken Stevenson

¹Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK

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