Massive human rivaroxaban overdose

Thomas Lehmann; Katharina E. Hofer; Michael Baumann; Karin Hasler; Alessandro Ceschi; Hugo Kupferschmidt; Gabriele Rohde; Wolfgang Korte

doi:10.1160/TH14-02-0138

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2014; 112(04): 834-836
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-02-0138

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Massive human rivaroxaban overdose

Authors

Thomas Lehmann

¹Center of Laboratory Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Katharina E. Hofer

²Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland
Michael Baumann

¹Center of Laboratory Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Karin Hasler

³Department of Emergency, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
Alessandro Ceschi

²Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland
Hugo Kupferschmidt

²Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland
Gabriele Rohde

⁴Bioanalytik, Bayer Pharma AG, Leverkusen, Germany
Wolfgang Korte

¹Center of Laboratory Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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