Vincristine-loaded platelets for immune thrombocytopenia

Thromb Haemost 2010; 104(02): 418-419
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-11-0752

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Oliver Weigert

¹Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

³Current address: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medical Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Georg Wittmann

²Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology, University Hospital of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

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Stephanie Grützner

²Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology, University Hospital of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

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Oliver Christ

¹Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

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Birgit Christ

¹Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

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Andreas Rank

²Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology, University Hospital of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

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Helmut Ostermann

¹Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

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