Increase of Plasma Thrombomodulin in Systemic Vasculitis

Thromb Haemost 1997; 77(03): 609
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656019

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Authors

Shinichi Ohdama

¹The Department of Medicine, Ohme Municipal Hospital, Higashi Ohme, Tokyo
Nobuo Aoki

²The Department of Ina Red Cross Blood Center, Saitama-ken, Japan

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