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Thromb Haemost 1994; 72(05): 785-786
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648961
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Acute Hepatitis A in Haemophiliacs

R J Cohn
1   Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg
,
R Schwyzer
1   Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg
,
S P Field
2   Department of Haematology, School of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg
,
F Fernandes-Costa
3   Natal Blood Transfusion Service, Durban, South Africa
,
D Armstrong
3   Natal Blood Transfusion Service, Durban, South Africa
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Received 08 June 1994

Accepted after revision 12 July 1994

Publication Date:
06 July 2018 (online)

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