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Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(01): 222-223
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614311
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Heat-inducible turbidity precipitates in plasma samples of livedo reticularis with summer ulceration: Hypothesis for abnormal coagulation in summer

Hiroyuki Murota
1   Department of Dermatology, Course of Molecular Medicine Graduate School of Medicine Osaka University, Osaka
,
Eiji Muroi
2   Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine Nagasaki University, Nagasaki
,
Youichirou Hamasaki
2   Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine Nagasaki University, Nagasaki
,
Kazuhiro Shimizu
2   Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine Nagasaki University, Nagasaki
,
Mikio Masuzawa
3   Department of Dermatology School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
,
Ichiro Katayama
1   Department of Dermatology, Course of Molecular Medicine Graduate School of Medicine Osaka University, Osaka
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Received 10 May 2004

Accepted after revision 10 May 2005

Publication Date:
15 December 2017 (online)

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