Take an Aspirin or Have a Drink: Antecedent Aspirin and Moderate Alcohol Consumption Similarly Affect Baseline Platelet Characteristics in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Victor L. Serebruany; David R. Lowry; for the GUSTO-III Platelet Study

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614150

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(05): 933-934
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614150

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Take an Aspirin or Have a Drink: Antecedent Aspirin and Moderate Alcohol Consumption Similarly Affect Baseline Platelet Characteristics in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Victor L. Serebruany

¹From the Center for Thrombosis Research, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore; Schapiro Research Building, R202, Baltimore, USA

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David R. Lowry

¹From the Center for Thrombosis Research, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore; Schapiro Research Building, R202, Baltimore, USA

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for the GUSTO-III Platelet Study

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