Thromb Haemost 2003; 89(04): 767-768
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613588
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Incidence of thromboembolic events in Lebanese thalassemia intermedia patients

P.A. Zalloua
,
H. Shbaklo
,
Y. Abou Mourad
,
S. Koussa
,
A. Taher
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Publication History

Received 20 November 2002

Accepted after revision 28 January 2003

Publication Date:
07 December 2017 (online)

 

 
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