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Prothrombotic burden in a patient with recurrent thrombotic events: might an early assessment of thrombophilia be useful in the presence of a strong family history for vascular events?

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  1. Department of Heart and Vessels, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy

    Emanuele Cecchi & Cristina Giglioli

  2. Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Rossella Marcucci, Elisa Ganugi & Rosanna Abbate

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Cecchi, E., Marcucci, R., Ganugi, E. et al. Prothrombotic burden in a patient with recurrent thrombotic events: might an early assessment of thrombophilia be useful in the presence of a strong family history for vascular events?. Intern Emerg Med 8, 543–545 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-013-0928-8

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