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Thromb Haemost 1995; 74(05): 1383-1384
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649948
Letter To The Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Response of the Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) to Heparin Is Influenced by Coagulometers

A M H P van den Besselaar
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Dept. of Haematology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
J Meeuwisse-Braun
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Dept. of Haematology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
A Strebus
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Dept. of Haematology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
H Schaefer-van Mansfeld
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Dept. of Haematology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
E Witteveen
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Dept. of Haematology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
F J M van der Meer
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Dept. of Haematology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Received 20 April 1995

Accepted after revision 13 July 1995

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10 July 2018 (online)

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