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Thromb Haemost 2008; 99(03): 457-460
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-11-0692
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A renaissance for the contact system in blood coagulation?

Yuval Blat
1   Department of Chemical Enzymology
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Dietmar Seiffert
2   Department of Thrombosis Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Pennington, New Jersey, USA
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Received: 20 November 2007

Accepted after major revision: 13 January 2008

Publication Date:
07 December 2017 (online)

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