Thromb Haemost 2010; 103(02): 469-471
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-10-0679
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Endogenous thrombin potential, prothrombin fragment 1+2 and D-dimers during pregnancy

Yesim Dargaud
1   Unité d’Hémostase Clinique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
2   EA 4174, IFR 62, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
,
Stephanie Hierso
1   Unité d’Hémostase Clinique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
,
Lucia Rugeri
1   Unité d’Hémostase Clinique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
,
Catherine Battie
3   Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
,
Pascal Gaucherand
3   Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
,
Claude Negrier
1   Unité d’Hémostase Clinique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
2   EA 4174, IFR 62, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
,
Christine M. Trzeciak
1   Unité d’Hémostase Clinique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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Further Information

Publication History

Received: 01 October 2009

Accepted after minor revision: 24 October 2009

Publication Date:
22 November 2017 (online)

 

 
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