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Investigating von Willebrand Factor Pathophysiology Using a Flow Chamber Model of von Willebrand Factor-platelet String Formation
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Hypothesis for control of von Willebrand factor multimer size by intra-molecular thiol-disulphide exchange

T Ganderton, M C Berndt, C N Chesterman

    Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis : JTH
    |October 25, 2006
    PubMed
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