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Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(05): 903-905
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-11-0726
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Genetic background and inhibitors in previously untreated or minimally treated young patients with severe haemophilia A treated with sucrose-formulated recombinant factor VIII

Johannes Oldenburg
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2   Institute of Human Genetics, Biocentre, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
,
Vytautas Ivaskevicius
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Jörg Schröder
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Clemens R. Müller
2   Institute of Human Genetics, Biocentre, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
,
Arupa Ganguly
3   Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Received 07 November 2005

Accepted after revision 25 March 2006

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01 December 2017 (online)

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