Is the Bleeding Time Prolonged in Oral Anticoagulant Treatment?

Thromb Haemost 1994; 71(01): 157-158
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1642403

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Authors

F R Rosendaal

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
R Šrámek

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
A Šrámek

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands

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