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Thromb Haemost 1995; 74(05): 1386-1387
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649951
Letter To The Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

β-Propiolactone UV Inactivated Clotting Factor Concentrate Is the Source of HIV-Infection of 8 Hemophilia B Patients: Confirmed

B Kupfer
1   The Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Germany
,
J Oldenburg
2   The Institut für Experimentelle Hamatologie und Transfusionsmedizin of the University of Bonn, Germany
,
H H Brackmann
2   The Institut für Experimentelle Hamatologie und Transfusionsmedizin of the University of Bonn, Germany
,
B Matz
1   The Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Germany
,
K E Schneweis
1   The Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Germany
,
R Kaiser
1   The Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Germany
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Received 08 May 1995

Accepted after resubmission 24 July 1995

Publication Date:
10 July 2018 (online)

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