Plasma Thrombomodulin Level Is Correlated with those of the Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor and Hepatic Cytolysis Markers in Patients with Mediterranean Spotted Fever

Albert Sotto; Chantal Assens; Madeleine Berard; Jacques Jourdan; Marie-Claire Boffa

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614914

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(06): 1769-1770
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614914

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Plasma Thrombomodulin Level Is Correlated with those of the Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor and Hepatic Cytolysis Markers in Patients with Mediterranean Spotted Fever

Albert Sotto

¹From the Service de Médecine Interne B, Hôpital Carémeau, Nîmes, France

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Chantal Assens

²Unité des Greffes Tissulaires, ETS Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France

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Madeleine Berard

³INSERM U353, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France

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Jacques Jourdan

¹From the Service de Médecine Interne B, Hôpital Carémeau, Nîmes, France

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Marie-Claire Boffa

³INSERM U353, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France

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