The onerous task of comparing treatments in inhibitor patients

Sam Schulman

doi:10.1160/TH07-09-0543

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Thromb Haemost 2007; 98(04): 710-712
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-09-0543

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The onerous task of comparing treatments in inhibitor patients

Sam Schulman

¹Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Coagulation Unit, Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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