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Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(04): 1129
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616552
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Secondary Prophylaxis with Low Molecular Weight Heparin: The Dose?

McDonald K. Horne
1   Hematology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Received 11 April 2001

Accepted after revision 14 May 2001

Publication Date:
09 December 2017 (online)

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