Heparin-induced skin necrosis associated with thrombocytopenia and acquired protein C and protein S deficiency
β Scribed by H. Keshava Prasad; Rangaswamy Govindarajan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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