Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Acute Venous Thromboembolism

O Bongard; G Reber; H Bounameaux; P de Moerloose

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1648530

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1992; 67(06): 724
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648530

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Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Acute Venous Thromboembolism

Authors

O Bongard

Unit of Haemostasis and Unit of Angiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
G Reber

Unit of Haemostasis and Unit of Angiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
H Bounameaux

Unit of Haemostasis and Unit of Angiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
P de Moerloose

Unit of Haemostasis and Unit of Angiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland

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