Thromb Haemost 1993; 69(05): 406-414
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1651624
Review Article
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Fibrin and Cancer

Vincenzo Costantini
1   The Institute of Internal and Vascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
,
Leo R Zacharski
2   The Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire; and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center, White River Junction, Vermont, USA
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Publication History

Received 26 October 1992

Accepted after revision 26 January 1993

Publication Date:
25 July 2018 (online)

 
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