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Thromb Haemost 2009; 101(01): 215-216
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-05-0325
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Plasma Gas6 levels and coronary artery disease

Delphine Borgel
1   AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Laboratoire d’Hématologie A, France, Paris, France
3   Univ. Paris-Sud, Faculty of Pharmacy, Châtenay-Malabry, France
,
Eric Durand
2   AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Pôle Cardiovasculaire, France, Paris, France
,
Sylvain Clauser
1   AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Laboratoire d’Hématologie A, France, Paris, France
4   Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 765, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Paris, France
,
Christilla Bachelot-Loza
4   Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 765, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Paris, France
,
Séverine Peyrard
5   AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
6   URC, Paris, France
,
Véronique Remones
1   AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Laboratoire d’Hématologie A, France, Paris, France
,
Martine Aiach
1   AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Laboratoire d’Hématologie A, France, Paris, France
,
Antoine Lafont
2   AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Pôle Cardiovasculaire, France, Paris, France
› Author AffiliationsFinancial support: This study was supported a by the Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence on Atherothrombosis Research and by a grant from Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP).
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Received: 26 May 2008

Accepted after major revision: 02 October 2008

Publication Date:
23 November 2017 (online)

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