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Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(01): 138-139
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613983
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Activated Protein C (APC) Resistance: Considerations about the Importance of Using the Original and Modified Methods in Thrombophilic Disease

Laura Gennari
1   From the Departamento de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas “Mariano R. Castex”, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Alicia N. Blanco
1   From the Departamento de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas “Mariano R. Castex”, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Emilse Bermejo
1   From the Departamento de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas “Mariano R. Castex”, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Julieta Salviú
1   From the Departamento de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas “Mariano R. Castex”, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Silvia Grosso
1   From the Departamento de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas “Mariano R. Castex”, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
María A. Lazzari
1   From the Departamento de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas “Mariano R. Castex”, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
› Author AffiliationsThis work was partially supported by Fundaciόn “Alberto J. Roemmers” and by Fundaciόn “René Baron”, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Received 02 February 2000

Accepted after revision 29 February 2000

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10 December 2017 (online)

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