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Measurement of Factor V Activity in Human Plasma Using a Microplate Coagulation Assay
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Conformational (in)stability of rat vs. human activated thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis : JTH
|June 3, 2008
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