Antithrombin III in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Thromb Haemost 1987; 58(04): 1093
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646062

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

G Leone

^*Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica, Largo Gemelli 8, I-00168 Roma, Italy

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V De Stefano

^*Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica, Largo Gemelli 8, I-00168 Roma, Italy

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C Garufi

^**Istituto di Clinica Medica, Università Cattolica, Largo Gemelli 8, I-00168 Roma, Italy

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R Ferrelli

^*Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica, Largo Gemelli 8, I-00168 Roma, Italy

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A Cassano

^**Istituto di Clinica Medica, Università Cattolica, Largo Gemelli 8, I-00168 Roma, Italy

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A Grieco

^**Istituto di Clinica Medica, Università Cattolica, Largo Gemelli 8, I-00168 Roma, Italy

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