Phenprocoumon and acenocoumarol treatment in paediatric patients

Nienke Spoor; Frans J. Smiers; Felix J. M. van der Meer; Barbara A. Hutten; C. Heleen van Ommen

doi:10.1160/TH12-04-0242

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2012; 108(06): 1238-1241
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-04-0242

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Phenprocoumon and acenocoumarol treatment in paediatric patients

Nienke Spoor

¹Department of Pediatric Haematology-Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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Frans J. Smiers

¹Department of Pediatric Haematology-Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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Felix J. M. van der Meer

²Leiden Anticoagulation Clinic and Department of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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Barbara A. Hutten

³Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and

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C. Heleen van Ommen

⁴Department of Pediatric Haematology, Emma Children’s Hospital / Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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