Reverse engineering for new oral anticoagulants: Non-specific reversal agents and the anticoagulant activity of dabigatran and rivaroxaban

Marcel Levi

doi:10.1160/TH12-05-0330

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Thromb Haemost 2012; 108(02): 201-202
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-05-0330

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Reverse engineering for new oral anticoagulants: Non-specific reversal agents and the anticoagulant activity of dabigatran and rivaroxaban

Marcel Levi

¹Department of Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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