Circulating Thrombomodulin as a Clue of Endothelial Damage in Behçet’s Disease

İbrahim C Haznedaroğlu; Oktay Özdemir; Osman Özcebe; Semra V Dündar; Şerafettin Kirazli

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1650405

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Thromb Haemost 1996; 75(06): 974-975
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650405

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Circulating Thrombomodulin as a Clue of Endothelial Damage in Behçet’s Disease

İbrahim C Haznedaroğlu

Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Haematology, Ankara, Turkey

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Oktay Özdemir

Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Haematology, Ankara, Turkey

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Osman Özcebe

Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Haematology, Ankara, Turkey

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Semra V Dündar

Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Haematology, Ankara, Turkey

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Şerafettin Kirazli

Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Haematology, Ankara, Turkey

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