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Thromb Haemost 1993; 70(01): 048-055
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646158
Plenary Lecture
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Primitive Coagulation Systems and their Message to Modern Biology

Sadaaki Iwanaga
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, JAPAN
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