Acute Hepatitis A in Haemophiliacs

Thromb Haemost 1994; 72(05): 785-786
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648961

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

R J Cohn

¹Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg

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R Schwyzer

¹Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg

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S P Field

²Department of Haematology, School of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg

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F Fernandes-Costa

³Natal Blood Transfusion Service, Durban, South Africa

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D Armstrong

³Natal Blood Transfusion Service, Durban, South Africa

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