Antithrombin deficiency and its laboratory diagnosis
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Antithrombin deficiency and its laboratory diagnosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1437-4331,1434-6621
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2010.368