Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(03): 622
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616560
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Rebuttal: A problem of calibration in the paper ‘Point of care monitoring of oral anticoagulant therapy in children’

Steven Craig
1   Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
,
David Leeming
1   Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
,
Allan Sidebotham
1   Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
,
Ken Stevenson
1   Anticoagulation and Haematology Research Unit, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Publication History

Received 05 November 2004

Accepted 17 November 2004

Publication Date:
14 December 2017 (online)

 

 
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