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Thromb Haemost 2015; 114(06): 1100-1103
DOI: 10.1160/TH15-11-0842
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Cancer after intense and prolonged antiplatelet therapies – fact or fiction?

Raffaele De Caterina
1   University Cardiology Division, G. d’Annunzio University – Chieti, Italy
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Received: 01 November 2015

Accepted: 05 November 2015

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30 November 2017 (online)

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