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Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(01): 149
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614647
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Platelet Membrane Fluidity in Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) Subjects, in Subjects with Vascular Atherosclerotic Disease (VAD) and in VAD Subjects with NIDDM

G. Caimi
1   From the Istituto di Clinica Medica e Malattie Cardiovascolari, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
,
B. Canino
1   From the Istituto di Clinica Medica e Malattie Cardiovascolari, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
,
M. Montana
1   From the Istituto di Clinica Medica e Malattie Cardiovascolari, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
,
A. Catania
1   From the Istituto di Clinica Medica e Malattie Cardiovascolari, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
,
R. Lo Presti
1   From the Istituto di Clinica Medica e Malattie Cardiovascolari, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Received 23 July 1998

Accepted after revision 01 February 1999

Publication Date:
11 December 2017 (online)

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