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Editorial
. 2017 Oct;15(6):491-494.
doi: 10.2450/2017.0301-16. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

Interference of direct oral anticoagulants in haemostasis assays: high potential for diagnostic false positives and false negatives

Emmanuel J Favaloro  1 , Giuseppe Lippi  2
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Editorial

Interference of direct oral anticoagulants in haemostasis assays: high potential for diagnostic false positives and false negatives

Emmanuel J Favaloro et al. Blood Transfus. 2017 Oct.
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