Prostacyclin Reduces Red Cell Deformability

Thromb Haemost 1981; 45(02): 189
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650163

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

J J F Belch

University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 86 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF, Scotland, U. K.

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G D O Lowe

University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 86 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF, Scotland, U. K.

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M M Drummond

University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 86 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF, Scotland, U. K.

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C D Forbes

University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 86 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF, Scotland, U. K.

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C R M Prentice

University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 86 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF, Scotland, U. K.

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