Desmopressin Reverses Effects of Dextran on von Willebrand Factor

Thromb Haemost 1989; 61(03): 541
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646636

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Authors

Per-Anders Flordal

Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
Karl-Gösta Ljungström

Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
Jan Svensson

^*Department of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden

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