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. 2025 May;53(3):148-150.
doi: 10.1177/0310057X251323777. Epub 2025 Apr 26.

The history of warfarin

Christine M Ball  1 , Peter J Featherstone  2
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The history of warfarin

Christine M Ball et al. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2025 May.
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Cover photo. Karl Paul Link (right), professor of biochemistry, with Mark A Stahmann. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1940. Courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives. S00094.
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