Laboratory Diagnosis of APC-Resistance in Patients with Lupus Anticoagulant

Thromb Haemost 1995; 74(06): 1606-1607
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649990

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Piedad Villa

Department of Clinical Pathology and Coagulopathy Unit, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

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Justo Aznar

Department of Clinical Pathology and Coagulopathy Unit, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

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Juan I Jorquera

Department of Clinical Pathology and Coagulopathy Unit, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

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Pilar Casaña

Department of Clinical Pathology and Coagulopathy Unit, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

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