Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(05): 755 DOI: 10.1160/TH06-03-0171
Schattauer GmbH
Antithrombin for severe sepsis? Try it again, but without heparin!
Bernd Jilma
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria and Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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