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Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(05): 949-951
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-06-0403
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An optimized electrophoresis method for high-resolution imaging of von-Willebrand multimers

Dominik R. Weiss
1   Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital, Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Christopher Thiel
1   Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital, Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Erwin F. Strasser
1   Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital, Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Robert Zimmermann
1   Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital, Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Reinhold Eckstein
1   Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital, Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Received 24 June 2008

Accepted after minor revision 24 August 2008

Publication Date:
22 November 2017 (online)

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