Intoxication with three different superwarfarin compounds in an adult woman

Marek Zolcinski; Agnieszka Padjas; Jacek Musial

doi:10.1160/TH08-03-0132

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(01): 156-157
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-03-0132

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Intoxication with three different superwarfarin compounds in an adult woman

Marek Zolcinski

¹Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

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Agnieszka Padjas

¹Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

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Jacek Musial

¹Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

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