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Marassi, A., D'Angelo, A., Vigano, S. et al. Postoperative changes of protein C, a recently described inhibitor of blood coagulation. La Ricerca Clin. Lab. 14, 485–490 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904875
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