Seminars in Hematology
Volume 45 , Pages S16-S20 , April 2008

Platelet Tissue Factor: How Did It Get There and Is It Important?

  • Nigel S. Key

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Nigel S. Key, MB ChB FRCP, Harold R. Roberts Professor of Medicine, Director, Harold R Roberts Comprehensive Hemophilia Center, 932 Mary Ellen Jones Building, CB #7035, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

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 STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Nigel Key has received research grants from Novo Nordisk, and has served on advisory boards for Novo Nordisk and Baxter.

PII: S0037-1963(08)00052-8

doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2008.03.012

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 45 , Pages S16-S20 , April 2008

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