Endogenous heparin levels in the controlled asthmatic patient

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 307-308

  Davids, Hajierah ^a   Ahmed, Ayesha ^a   Oberholster, Ari ^a   van der Westhuizen, Christo ^a   Mer, Mervyn ^a   Havlik, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 77952538825     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3647     Document Type: Article

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