Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Role of the Fibrinolytic System from Transmission to Organ Injury and Sequelae

Hau C. Kwaan

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1709996

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Table of Contents

Semin Thromb Hemost 2020; 46(07): 841-844
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1709996

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Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Role of the Fibrinolytic System from Transmission to Organ Injury and Sequelae

Hau C. Kwaan

¹Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

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