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Thromb Haemost 2013; 109(03): 560-563
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-08-0575
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Fondaparinux reversal with activated prothrombin complex concentrate in anesthetised bleeding rats

Gilles Corbonnois   *
1   University Hospital of Nancy, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Nancy, France
2   INSERM 961, Contrat Avenir INSERM, Nancy, France
,
Michèle Martin   *
2   INSERM 961, Contrat Avenir INSERM, Nancy, France
3   University Hospital of Nancy, Haematology Laboratory – Haemostasis, Nancy, France
,
Marie Hacquard
3   University Hospital of Nancy, Haematology Laboratory – Haemostasis, Nancy, France
,
Bruno Levy
2   INSERM 961, Contrat Avenir INSERM, Nancy, France
4   Hospital University of Nancy, Intensive Care Medicine, Nancy, France
,
Paul Michel Mertes
1   University Hospital of Nancy, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Nancy, France
1   University Hospital of Nancy, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Nancy, France
,
Thomas Lecompte   **
2   INSERM 961, Contrat Avenir INSERM, Nancy, France
3   University Hospital of Nancy, Haematology Laboratory – Haemostasis, Nancy, France
5   Present address: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Service d’hématologie, Département académique de Médecine Interne, Faculté de médecine, UniGe, Genève, Switzerland
,
Gérard Audibert   **
1   University Hospital of Nancy, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Nancy, France
2   INSERM 961, Contrat Avenir INSERM, Nancy, France
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Publication History

Received: 22 August 2012

Accepted after major revision: 26 January 2012

Publication Date:
29 November 2017 (online)

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* Equal contribution as first authors.


** Equal contribution as supervisors.


 

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