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Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(05): 902-903
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-11-0765
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Quantitation of Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in plasma and platelets

Lester M. Meissenheimer
1   Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
,
Koen Verbeke
1   Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
,
Paul J. Declerck
1   Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
,
Ann Gils
1   Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
› Author AffiliationsFinancial support: LMM is supported by a National Research Foundation (NRF) (South Africa) studentship. AG is a post-doctoral fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research (FWO-Vlaanderen).
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Received 25 November 2005

Accepted after resubmission 09 March 2006

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01 December 2017 (online)

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