Endothelin: A Possible Role in the Occurrence of Renal Failure in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Thromb Haemost 1993; 69(04): 401-402
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1651621

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Pieter F M J Spooren

^*Department of Internal Medicine, Enschede, The Netherlands

,

István Vermes

⁺Department of Clinical Chemistry, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

,

Lucienne Kip

⁺Department of Clinical Chemistry, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

,

Clemens Haanen

^*Department of Internal Medicine, Enschede, The Netherlands

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