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Thromb Haemost 1996; 75(06): 865-869
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650385
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Platelet-type von Willebrand Disease

Jonathan L Miller
The Department of Pathology, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Received 15 November 1995

Accepted after revision 28 February 1996

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11 July 2018 (online)

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