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Thromb Haemost 1996; 76(03): 479
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650606
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

A Bioluminescent Adenosine Nucleotide Release Assay for the Diagnosis of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

J M Teitel
The Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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P Gross
The Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
,
P Blake
The Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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M B Garvey
The Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Received 24 October 1995

Accepted after revision 06 May 1996

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10 July 2018 (online)

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