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Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(06): 1213-1214
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-09-0618
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On the significance of marginally low von Willebrand factor

Pall T. Onundarson
1   Department of Laboratory Hematology and Hemostasis Center and University of Iceland Medical School, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
,
Brynja R. Gudmundsdottir
1   Department of Laboratory Hematology and Hemostasis Center and University of Iceland Medical School, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
,
Victor J. Marder
2   David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
› Author AffiliationsFinancial support: The study authors were supported by grants from the Icelandic Center for Research, the Landspitali Science Fund, Aventis ZLB Inc, Dade-Behring Inc., Baxter Biomedical Inc., and Grant # HL 074051 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Received: 24 September 2008

Accepted: 27 October 2008

Publication Date:
23 November 2017 (online)

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