Thromb Haemost 1994; 72(04): 644-645
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648929
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Crossreactivity Studies between Sera of Patients with Heparin Associated Thrombocytopenia and a New Low Molecular Weight Heparin, Reviparin

A Greinacher
The Klinikum der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Institut fur Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Gießen, Germany
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M Feigl
The Klinikum der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Institut fur Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Gießen, Germany
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C Mueller-Eckhardt
The Klinikum der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Institut fur Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Gießen, Germany
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Publication History

Received 04 March 1994

Accepted after resubmission 17 June 1994

Publication Date:
06 July 2018 (online)

 
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