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Thromb Haemost 1995; 74(05): 1382
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649947
Letter To The Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Fatal Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Associated with the Factor V Leiden Mutation and the Use of Oral Contraceptives

Françoise Bridey
1   Service d’Hématologie et d’lmmunologie Biologiques et INSERM U 294, Paris, France
,
Michel Wolff
2   Clinique de Réanimation des Maladies Infectieuse, Paris, France
,
Jean Pierre Laissy
3   Service de Radiologie Viscérale, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France
,
Véronique Morin
1   Service d’Hématologie et d’lmmunologie Biologiques et INSERM U 294, Paris, France
,
Martine Lefebvre
1   Service d’Hématologie et d’lmmunologie Biologiques et INSERM U 294, Paris, France
,
Dominique de Prost
1   Service d’Hématologie et d’lmmunologie Biologiques et INSERM U 294, Paris, France
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Received 29 June 1995

Accepted 20 July 1995

Publication Date:
10 July 2018 (online)

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