Thromb Haemost 1994; 71(06): 803-804
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1642531
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Lipoxygenase Deficiency in Primary Thrombocythemia Is not a True Deficiency

Perry J J van Genderen
1   Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dijkzigt and Institute of Pharmacology, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Jan J Michiels
1   Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dijkzigt and Institute of Pharmacology, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Freek J Zijlstra
1   Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dijkzigt and Institute of Pharmacology, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Publication History

Received: 06 January 1994

Accepted after revision: 16 February 1994

Publication Date:
09 July 2018 (online)

 
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