Glycoprotein lb Polymorphism in a Patient with Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia Type I (Case Report)

Thromb Haemost 1990; 64(01): 181
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647280

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

J C Giltay

^*The Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service P.O. Box 9406 1000 AK Amsterdam The Netherlands

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W B J Gerrits

^**Municipal Hospital Leyenberg The Hague The Netherlands

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J A van Mourik

^*The Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service P.O. Box 9406 1000 AK Amsterdam The Netherlands

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