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Thromb Haemost 2004; 91(04): 845-847
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614283
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Suggestions for an appropriate methodological approach for the validation of an evacuated blood collection tube made in plastic material including the effect of age

Karine Foucher
,
Pierre Toulon
,
Jean-François Schved
,
Benoit Polack
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Received 04 November 2003

Accepted after revision 23 December 2003

Publication Date:
08 December 2017 (online)

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