Report on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Homozygous Protein C Deficiency

Richard A Marlar; Robert R Montgomery; Andre W Broekmans

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1646629

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1989; 61(03): 529-531
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646629

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Report on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Homozygous Protein C Deficiency

Report of the Working Party on Homozygous Protein C Deficiency of the ICTH-Subcommittee on Protein C and Protein S

Richard A Marlar

¹The Departments of Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Laboratory Services, Veterans Administration Medical Centel Denver, Colorado, USA

²The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Robert R Montgomery

²The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Andre W Broekmans

³The Leiden University Hospital, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Unit, Leiden, The Nethertands

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