Spuriously Low Levels of Protein C with a Protac® Activation Clotting Assay

Thromb Haemost 1988; 59(03): 543
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647532

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Spuriously Low Levels of Protein C with a Protac^® Activation Clotting Assay

Philippe de Moerloose

Haemostasis Unit, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Guido Reber

Haemostasis Unit, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Claude A Bouvier

Haemostasis Unit, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

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