Thromb Haemost 1994; 71(01): 158-159
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1642404
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Targeting Fibrinolytic Agents to the Vessel Wall: A New Therapeutic Niche?

R S More
Academic Department of Cardiology, Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester, U.K.
,
M J Underwood
Academic Department of Cardiology, Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester, U.K.
,
D P de Bono
Academic Department of Cardiology, Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester, U.K.
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Publication History

Received: 18 August 1993

Accepted after revision 10 October 1993

Publication Date:
12 July 2018 (online)

 
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