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Thromb Haemost 2008; 99(06): 1123
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-05-0279
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Stability of coagulation assays performed in plasma from citrated whole blood transported at ambient temperature: only a part of the story. Reply to E. J. Favaloro

Lorenzo Alberio
1   Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Switzerland
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Bernhard Lammle
1   Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Switzerland
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Received 02 May 2008

Accepted 06 May 2008

Publication Date:
28 November 2017 (online)

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