Preface: Identification, pathogenesis, and treatment of factor inhibitors

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 719-722

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR;

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA A; MORTALITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

BLOOD COAGULATION FACTOR INHIBITORS; FACTOR VIII; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77449105606     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: 10989064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245104     Document Type: Editorial

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