Intravascular Coagulation in Acute Leukemia: Clinical and Subclinical Abnormalities
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Intravascular coagulation in acute leukemia: clinical and subclinical abnormalities.
were found to have evidence of a generalized hemostatic disorder. These patients could be divided into three groups. The first group consisted of three patients with increased fibrinogen catabolism without clinical or laboratory evidence of intravascular coagulation. The second group of five patients had laboratory evidence of intravascular coagulation without clinically evident bleeding or thr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v40.5.709.709