Platelet Activation in Allergic Asthma

Thromb Haemost 1985; 53(03): 438
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661428

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

I A Greer

University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

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J H Winter

^*Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

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D Gaffney

^*Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

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K McLoughlin

University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

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J J F Belch

University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

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G Boyd

^*Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

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C D Forbes

University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 10 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK

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