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Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(06): 1123-1124
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614185
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Heparin-Platelet Factor (PF) 4 Antibodies in Patients with Pseudothrombocytopenia: Coincidence or Association?

Ile Schwarzinger
1   From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria
,
Wolfgang Speiser
1   From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria
,
Norbert Lubenow
2   Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Austria
,
Andreas Greinacher
2   Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Austria
,
Simon Panzer
3   Clinic for Blood Group Serology, University of Vienna, Austria
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Publication History

Received 18 April 2000

Accepted 24 May 2000

Publication Date:
13 December 2017 (online)

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