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Thromb Haemost 1993; 70(06): 1064-1065
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649727
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

ΔC in Exon 18 of the von Willebrand Gene Is Uncommon in German vWD Type III Patients

Günter Mertes
Dept. of Exp. Haemat. and Transf. Med., University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Michael Ludwig
1   Dept. of Exp. Haemat. and Transf. Med., University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Rainer Schwaab
Dept. of Exp. Haemat. and Transf. Med., University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Hans-Her-mann Brackmann
Dept. of Exp. Haemat. and Transf. Med., University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Klaus Olek
1   Dept. of Exp. Haemat. and Transf. Med., University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Received 11 June 1993

Accepted after revision 19 August 1993

Publication Date:
26 July 2018 (online)

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