Absence of Abnormal Prothrombin-Crossed Immunoelectrophoresis in Fetuses During the Second Trimester of Pregnancy

Thromb Haemost 1985; 54(02): 560
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657907

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

François Forestier

Centre de Diagnostic Prénatal et de Foetologie, Hôpital Notre Dame de Bon-Secours, 66 Rue des Plantes, 75014 Paris, France

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Fernand Daffos

Centre de Diagnostic Prénatal et de Foetologie, Hôpital Notre Dame de Bon-Secours, 66 Rue des Plantes, 75014 Paris, France

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Martine Rainaut

Centre de Diagnostic Prénatal et de Foetologie, Hôpital Notre Dame de Bon-Secours, 66 Rue des Plantes, 75014 Paris, France

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