Improving Methods to Assess Therapeutic Quality Control of Treatment with Oral Anticoagulants

Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(05): 920-921
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-4140

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Fernando Marco

¹From Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario “Marqués de Valdecilla”, Santander, Spain

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Carmen Sedano

¹From Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario “Marqués de Valdecilla”, Santander, Spain

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Arancha Bermúdez

¹From Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario “Marqués de Valdecilla”, Santander, Spain

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Mónica López Duarte

¹From Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario “Marqués de Valdecilla”, Santander, Spain

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Alberto Zubizarreta

¹From Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario “Marqués de Valdecilla”, Santander, Spain

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