Effective therapy with tranexamic acid in a case of chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation with acquired α2-antiplasmin deficiency associated with AL amyloidosis

Giuseppe Colucci; Lorenzo Alberio; Maximilian Jahns; Peter Keller; Simon Steiner; Ilka Rüsges-Wolter; Bernhard Lämmle

doi:10.1160/TH09-04-0248

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Thromb Haemost 2009; 102(06): 1285-1287
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-04-0248

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Effective therapy with tranexamic acid in a case of chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation with acquired α2-antiplasmin deficiency associated with AL amyloidosis

Giuseppe Colucci

¹Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Lorenzo Alberio

¹Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Maximilian Jahns

¹Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Peter Keller

¹Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Simon Steiner

¹Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Ilka Rüsges-Wolter

¹Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Bernhard Lämmle

¹Department of Haematology and Central Haematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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