Lowered APC-Sensitivity Ratio Related to Increased Factor VIII-Clotting Activity

Thromb Haemost 1995; 74(04): 1198-1199
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649904

Letter To The Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

C M A Henkens

Division of Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Rheology, Department of Haematology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

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V J J Bom

Division of Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Rheology, Department of Haematology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

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J van der Meer

Division of Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Rheology, Department of Haematology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

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