A Search for Autoantibodies to Thrombomodulin in Patients with Documented Thrombosis

Thromb Haemost 1992; 68(04): 477
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646301

Letters to the Editor

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Authors

Margaret Nelson

¹Haematology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, N.S.W. 2050, Australia
John Gibson

¹Haematology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, N.S.W. 2050, Australia
Ross Brown

¹Haematology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, N.S.W. 2050, Australia
Hatem Salem

²Department of Medicine, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria 3129, Australia
Harry Kronenberg

¹Haematology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, N.S.W. 2050, Australia

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