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Thromb Haemost 2016; 116(06): 1180-1181
DOI: 10.1160/TH16-06-0468
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer Publishers Schattauer

Monitoring anticoagulation with argatroban in critically ill patients: activated partial thromboplastin time versus diluted thrombin time

Cornelius Keyl
1   Department of Anaesthesiology, University Heart Centre Freiburg – Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany
,
Cornelius Lehane
1   Department of Anaesthesiology, University Heart Centre Freiburg – Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany
,
Emanuel Zimmer
2   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Centre Freiburg – Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany
,
Dietmar Trenk
3   Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Heart Centre Freiburg – Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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Received: 23 June 2016

Accepted after minor revision: 23 August 2016

Publication Date:
09 March 2018 (online)

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