Plasma Platelet-activating Factor (PAF) Levels and Desmopressin Response in Children with Hemophilia A and von Willebrand's Disease

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(04): 665-666
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614548

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Kaan Kavakli

¹From the Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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Aziz Polat

¹From the Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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Afig Hüseyinof

²Department of Membranology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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Güngör Nisli

¹From the Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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Yesim Aydinok

¹From the Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

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