Ticlopidine May Reduce Functional Fibrinogen Levels by Inhibition of MPC Incorporation into Fibrin

Thromb Haemost 1997; 77(03): 603-604
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656014

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Autoren

Boguslaw Lipinski

The Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Andrzej S Krolewski

The Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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