Safety of bevacizumab in mild haemophilia B

Catherine Lambert; Véronique Deneys; Dominique Pothen; Cedric Hermans

doi:10.1160/TH07-12-0717

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2008; 99(05): 963-964
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-12-0717

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Safety of bevacizumab in mild haemophilia B

Catherine Lambert

¹Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Brussels, Belgium

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Véronique Deneys

²Haemostasis Laboratory, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

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Dominique Pothen

¹Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Brussels, Belgium

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Cedric Hermans

¹Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Brussels, Belgium

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