Comparison of the effect of different homocysteine concentrations on clot formation using human plasma and purified fibrinogen

Thromb Haemost 2008; 99(02): 451-452
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-06-0404

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Authors

Rita Marchi

¹Centro de Medicina Experimental, Laboratorio de Fisiopatología, Sección Biología del Desarrollo de la Hemostasia; Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, IVIC, Caracas, República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Zoila Carvajal

¹Centro de Medicina Experimental, Laboratorio de Fisiopatología, Sección Biología del Desarrollo de la Hemostasia; Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, IVIC, Caracas, República Bolivariana de Venezuela
John W. Weisel

²Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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