Thrombosis and nitric oxide donor drugs

Thromb Haemost 2004; 91(05): 848-850
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-03-0143

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Schattauer GmbH

Autor*innen

Andrew O. Maree

¹Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Dermot Cox

¹Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

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