Thromb Haemost 2003; 90(06): 1210-1213
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613425
Case Report
Schattauer GmbH

Phenprocoumon-induced hepatitis as an immunologically mediated drug allergic complication of antithrombotic therapy

Alexandra Dorn-Beineke
,
Abdul-Wahab Hassan
,
Joachim Bräutigam
,
Ralf Hildenbrand
,
Carl-Erik Dempfle
,
Matthias Schwab
Financial support: This work was kindly supported by the Lesser-Loewe-Foundation, Mannheim and the Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, and the BMBF grant 01GG9846.
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Received 30. Mai 2003

Accepted after revision 31. Juli 2003

Publikationsdatum:
09. Dezember 2017 (online)

 

 
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