Plasma Determination of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 Antigen Must Be Performed in Blood Collected on Antiplatelet/Anticoagulant Mixture

Thromb Haemost 1987; 58(04): 1096
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646065

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

I Juhan-Vague

^*Lab. Hematology, CHU Timone, Marseille, France

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M C Alessi

^*Lab. Hematology, CHU Timone, Marseille, France

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C Fossat

^*Lab. Hematology, CHU Timone, Marseille, France

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P J Declerck

^**Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Research, Leuven, Belgium

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E K O Kruithof

^***Lab. Hematology, Lausanne, Switzerland

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