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Thromb Haemost 1991; 65(05): 627-630
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648201
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Inventory of Exogenous Prothrombin Activators

For the Subcommittee on Nomenclature of Exogenous Hemostatic Factors of the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
J Rosing
The Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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G Tans
The Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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24 July 2018 (online)

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