Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43 , Pages S14-S17 , April 2006

Inhibitor Economics

  • Jerome Teitel

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jerome Teitel, MD, St. Michael’s Hospital, Suite 2-065, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8.

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 This article is based in part on the proceedings from an educational symposium held at the World Federation of Hemophilia World Congress 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand. Both the symposium and the manuscript were supported by Baxter Healthcare Corporation.

PII: S0037-1963(06)00050-3

doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.03.004

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43 , Pages S14-S17 , April 2006