Fibrin gel structure obtained with a FVIIa analogue with enhanced FX-activating potential in haemophilia

Shu He; Mirella Ezban; Niklas Bark; Egon Persson; Ulla Hedner

doi:10.1160/TH09-02-0135

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2009; 102(04): 790-792
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-02-0135

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Fibrin gel structure obtained with a FVIIa analogue with enhanced FX-activating potential in haemophilia

Shu He

¹Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyds Hospital Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

²Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Mirella Ezban

³Biopharmaceuticals Research Unit, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, Måløv, Denmark

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Niklas Bark

²Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

⁴Department of linical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;

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Egon Persson

³Biopharmaceuticals Research Unit, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, Måløv, Denmark

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Ulla Hedner

³Biopharmaceuticals Research Unit, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, Måløv, Denmark

⁵University of Lund, Sweden

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