Massive Skin Necrosis Associated to the Prothrombin Gene G20210A Mutation

Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(06): 966-967
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613953

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Vicente García-Patos

¹From the Department of Dermatology, Hospitals Vall d’Hebron

,

Juan Carlos Souto

²Unitat d’Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

,

Antoni Castells

¹From the Department of Dermatology, Hospitals Vall d’Hebron

,

Jordi Fontcuberta

²Unitat d’Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

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