As many as 12 cases with haemorrhagic acquired factor XIII deficiency due to its inhibitors were recently found in Japan

 

¹ A list of groupup members is given in the Appendix.

² happening frequently in clinical scenes, even in the official journal of the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis as well as in PubMed.

³ detailed characterisation of their antibodies will be reported elsewhere in the future.

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