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Thromb Haemost 1996; 75(03): 379-386
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650281
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The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Heritable Collagen Disorder as Cause of Bleeding

Anne de Paepe
The Centre for Medical Genetics, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
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Received: 23 June 1995

Accepted after revision23 November 1995

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26 July 2018 (online)

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