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Thromb Haemost 2008; 99(02): 445-447
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-06-0413
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Multifocal thrombophlebitis and deep vein thrombosis in primary cytomegalovirus infection – A histopathological analysis

Christina Jeanneret
1   University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital, Bruderholz, Switzerland
,
Christian Reutlinger
1   University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital, Bruderholz, Switzerland
,
Hans H. Hirsch
2   Clinical and Transplantation Virology, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
,
Gieri Cathomas
3   Cantonal Institute of Pathology, Liestal, Switzerland
,
Madeleine Rothen
1   University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital, Bruderholz, Switzerland
,
Ferdinand Martius
1   University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital, Bruderholz, Switzerland
,
Barbara C. Biedermann
1   University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital, Bruderholz, Switzerland
› Author Affiliations Financial support:This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant-Nr. 3200–664121, SCORE-Fellowship to B.C.B.), by the European Union MOLSTROKE (Molecular basis of vascular events leading to thrombotic stroke) project, LSHMCT-2004–005206 and by the Stiftung für Medizinische Forschung, Basel, Switzerland.
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Received: 16 June 2007

Accepted after major revision: 28 January 2007

Publication Date:
24 November 2017 (online)

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