Recombinant Factor VIIa Is a Pan-hemostatic Agent?

Louis M. Aledort

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1613882

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(05): 637-638
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613882

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Recombinant Factor VIIa Is a Pan-hemostatic Agent?

Louis M. Aledort

¹From the Mount Sinai Medical Center, the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

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