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Paul A Kyrle1, Erich Minar, Christine Bialonczyk

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostasis, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut fur Thromboseforschung, Vienna, Austria. paul.kyrle@meduniwien.ac.at

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