Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT): Negotiating between the Scylla of bleeding and Charybdis of thrombosis

Kanjaksha Ghosh; Kinjalka Ghosh

doi:10.1160/TH08-01-0044

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(01): 162-164
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-01-0044

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Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT): Negotiating between the Scylla of bleeding and Charybdis of thrombosis

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Kanjaksha Ghosh

¹National Institute of Immunohaematology (ICMR), 13^th floor, New M.S. Building, KEM Hospital Campus, Parel, Mumbai, India
Kinjalka Ghosh

²Department of Surgery, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India

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