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Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(01): 070-074
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657503
The protein C pathway
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The Protein C Pathway: New Insights

Charles T Esmon
1   Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
2   Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
3   Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
4   Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Wei Ding
2   Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Katsuura Yasuhiro
1   Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Jian-Ming Gu
4   Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Gary Ferrell
4   Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Lisa M Regan
4   Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Deborah J Stearns-Kurosawa
1   Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Shimichiro Kurosawa
1   Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Timothy Mather
1   Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Zolton Laszik
3   Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
,
Naomi L Esmon
1   Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
3   Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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