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Thromb Haemost 2009; 102(05): 854-858
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-02-0083
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From crisis to opportunity: A perspective on the heparin crisis

Ram Sasisekharan
1   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard - MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Zachary Shriver
2   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Received: 05 February 2009

Accepted after major revision: 23 March 2009

Publication Date:
27 November 2017 (online)

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