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Thromb Haemost 2014; 112(04): 834-836
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-02-0138
Letters to the Editor
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Massive human rivaroxaban overdose

Thomas Lehmann
1   Center of Laboratory Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
,
Katharina E. Hofer
2   Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Michael Baumann
1   Center of Laboratory Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
,
Karin Hasler
3   Department of Emergency, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
,
Alessandro Ceschi
2   Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Hugo Kupferschmidt
2   Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Gabriele Rohde
4   Bioanalytik, Bayer Pharma AG, Leverkusen, Germany
,
Wolfgang Korte
1   Center of Laboratory Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Publication History

Received: 14 February 2014

Accepted after minor revision: 30 April 2014

Publication Date:
20 November 2017 (online)

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