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Thromb Haemost 2007; 98(03): 485-487
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-08-0504
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Mechanisms of thrombophilia

Pablo García de Frutos
1   Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute for Biomedical Research of Barcelona, IIBB-CSIC-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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Received 13 August 2007

Accepted 13 August 2007

Publication Date:
28 November 2017 (online)

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