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Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(02): 346-348
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613813
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Effect of Instruments on Lupus Anticoagulant Testing – Rebuttal

A. S. Lawrie
From the Haemostasis Research Unit, Department of Haematology, University College London, London, UK
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I. J. Mackie
From the Haemostasis Research Unit, Department of Haematology, University College London, London, UK
,
G. Purdy
From the Haemostasis Research Unit, Department of Haematology, University College London, London, UK
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S. J. Machin
From the Haemostasis Research Unit, Department of Haematology, University College London, London, UK
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Received 08 October 1999

Accepted 21 October 1999

Publication Date:
11 December 2017 (online)

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