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Thromb Haemost 1993; 69(05): 524-526
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1651647
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Cutaneous Necrosis Associated with Acquired Severe Protein S Deficiency

M C Alessi
Laboratory of Haematology, CHU Timone, Marseilles, France
,
M F Aillaud
Laboratory of Haematology, CHU Timone, Marseilles, France
,
C Boyer-Neumann
1   Laboratory of Haematology, Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France
,
L Viard
2   Department of Pediatry, intensive care unit, CHU Timone, Marseille, France
,
J Camboulives
2   Department of Pediatry, intensive care unit, CHU Timone, Marseille, France
,
I Juhan-Vague
Laboratory of Haematology, CHU Timone, Marseilles, France
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Received 24 January 1992

Accepted after revision 08 January 1993

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25 July 2018 (online)

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