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Thromb Haemost 2002; 88(01): 157-158
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613170
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Recommendations for tPA Thrombolysis in Children

On behalf of the Scientific Subcommittee on Perinatal and Pediatric Thrombosis of the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Marilyn J. Manco-Johnson
1   Mountain States Hemophilia Center, Aurora, CO, USA
,
E. F. Grabowski
2   Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Boston, MA, USA
,
M. Hellgreen
3   Sahlgrenska Hospital/East, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Goteborg, Sweden
,
A. S. Kemahli
4   Ankara University, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey
,
M. P. Massicotte
5   University of Toronto, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Toronto, ON, Canada
,
W. Muntean
6   University of Graz, Department of Pediatrics, Graz, Austria
,
M. Peters
7   Academic Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
N. Schlegel
8   Hospital Robert Debre, Lab D’Hematologie Biologique, Paris, France
,
M. Wang
1   Mountain States Hemophilia Center, Aurora, CO, USA
,
U. Nowak-Göttl
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Received 15 April 2002

Accepted 15 April 2002

Publication Date:
09 December 2017 (online)

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