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Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(02): 465-466
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614774
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Functional von Willebrand Factor assays are not predictive for the absence of highest-molecular weight von Willebrand Factor multimers in patients with aortic-valve stenosis

Christoph Sucker
1   Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany
,
Peter Feindt
2   Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Duesseldorf, Germany
,
Rainer B. Zotz
1   Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany
,
Marcus Stockschlaeder
1   Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany
,
Rüdiger E. Scharf
1   Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Received: 01 February 2005

Accepted after major revision: 30 May 2005

Publication Date:
15 December 2017 (online)

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