Detection of Unexpected Lupus Anticoagulant during Preparation of Normal Pooled Plasma (NPP) from Healthy Volunteers

Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(03): 519-521
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614057

Letters to the Editor

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Kanjaksha Ghosh

¹From the Hemostasis Laboratory, Institute of Immunohaematology, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Shrimati Shetty

¹From the Hemostasis Laboratory, Institute of Immunohaematology, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Dipika Mohanty

¹From the Hemostasis Laboratory, Institute of Immunohaematology, Parel, Mumbai, India

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