The Effect of Lupus Anticoagulant (LA) on Clotting Assay for Plasma Protein C (PC)

Thromb Haemost 1991; 66(03): 389
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646425

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

C Girault

Laboratoire Central d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France

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V Gufflet

Laboratoire Central d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France

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A Robert

Laboratoire Central d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France

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