Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(04): 634-635
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613879
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Recombinant Factor VIIa for Bleeding in Refractory Thrombocytopenia

Brynjar Vidarsson
1   From the Department of Hematology, Landspitalinn National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
,
Páll T. Önundarson
1   From the Department of Hematology, Landspitalinn National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Publication History

Received 15 November 1999

Accepted 29 November 1999

Publication Date:
08 December 2017 (online)

 

 
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