Autoimmune protein S activity deficiency following a Q fever

Catherine Boinot; David Planchard; Geneviève Giraudeau; Ali Turhan; Gérard Agius; Maryse Guicheteau

doi:10.1160/TH06-12-0683

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2007; 98(01): 255-257
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-12-0683

Case Report

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Autoimmune protein S activity deficiency following a Q fever

Catherine Boinot

¹Laboratory of Hematology, University Hospital La Milétrie, Poitiers, France

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David Planchard

²Department of Pneumology, University Hospital La Milétrie, Poitiers, France

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Geneviève Giraudeau

³Laboratory of Virology,University Hospital La Milétrie, Poitiers, France

,

Ali Turhan

¹Laboratory of Hematology, University Hospital La Milétrie, Poitiers, France

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Gérard Agius

³Laboratory of Virology,University Hospital La Milétrie, Poitiers, France

,

Maryse Guicheteau

¹Laboratory of Hematology, University Hospital La Milétrie, Poitiers, France

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