DOI: 10.1055/s-00000077

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Issue 04 · Volume 41 · June 2015 DOI: 10.1055/s-005-29249 Hot Topics VII Guest Editor: Emmanuel J. Favaloro, PhD, FFSc (RCPA).

Preface

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Favaloro, Emmanuel J.: Hot Topics VII

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Girolami, Antonio; Cosi, Elisabetta; Sambado, Luisa; Girolami, Bruno; Randi, Maria Luigia: Complex History of the Discovery and Characterization of Congenital Factor X Deficiency
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Girolami, Antonio; Cosi, Elisabetta; Santarossa, Claudia; Ferrari, Silvia; Luigia Randi, Maria: The Story of Serum Prothrombin Conversion Accelerator, Proconvertin, Stable Factor, Cothromboplastin, Prothrombin Accelerator or Autoprothrombin I, and Their Subsequent Merging into Factor VII
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Lippi, Giuseppe; Danese, Elisa; Favaloro, Emmanuel J.; Montagnana, Martina; Franchini, Massimo: Diagnostics in Venous Thromboembolism: From Origin to Future Prospects
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Tufano, Antonella; Coppola, Antonio; Contaldi, Paola; Franchini, Massimo; Minno, Giovanni Di: Oral Anticoagulant Drugs and the Risk of Osteoporosis: New Anticoagulants Better than Old?
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Ho, Prahlad; Brooy, Beth La; Hayes, Lachlan; Lim, Wen Kwang: Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Frail Older Adults: A Geriatric Perspective
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Cuker, Adam; Prak, Eline T. Luning; Cines, Douglas B.: Can Immune Thrombocytopenia Be Cured with Medical Therapy?
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Hua, Vu Minh; Chen, Vivien Mun Yee: Procoagulant Platelets and the Pathways Leading to Cell Death
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Niccolai, Elena; Emmi, Giacomo; Squatrito, Danilo; Silvestri, Elena; Emmi, Lorenzo; Amedei, Amedeo; Prisco, Domenico: Microparticles: Bridging the Gap between Autoimmunity and Thrombosis
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Lupoli, Roberta; Di Minno, Alessandro; Spadarella, Gaia; Franchini, Massimo; Sorrentino, Raffaella; Cirino, Giuseppe; Di Minno, Giovanni: Methylation Reactions, the Redox Balance and Atherothrombosis: The Search for a Link with Hydrogen Sulfide
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Peetermans, Marijke; Verhamme, Peter; Vanassche, Thomas: Coagulase Activity by Staphylococcus aureus: A Potential Target for Therapy?