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Research Article

Can thrombelastography be a new tool to assess bleeding risk in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?

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Pages 516-520 | Received 03 Jan 2011, Accepted 08 Mar 2011, Published online: 12 Oct 2011

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