Hypercoagulable State Induced by Combination Chemotherapy in Patients with Acute Leukemia

Thromb Haemost 1984; 51(03): 409
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661116

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Kenji Niiya

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Masaaki Mitani

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Hirokuni Taguchi

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Shohzo Hirose

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Kenji Yamato

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Masatoshi Fujishita

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Shizuo Yoshimoto

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Ichiro Kubonishi

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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Isao Miyoshi

Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan

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