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Original Research

Patient preference for needleless factor VIII reconstitution device: the Italian experience

Roberto Musso1 Centro Emofilia, Istituto di Ematologia Università degli Studi di Catania, Ospedale Ferrarotto, Catania, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Rita Santoro2 Haemophilia Centre, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Service, Department of Haematology and Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera “Pugliese-Ciaccio”, Catanzaro, Italy
,
Antonio Coppola3 Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
,
Maura Marcucci4 Internal and Vascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Gianluca Sottilotta5 Hemophilia Centre, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Service, Azienda Ospedaliera “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli”, Reggio Calabria, Italy
,
Roberto Targhetta6 Centro Emofilia Struttura Semplice Patologie Della Coagulazione, Ospedale Microcitemico, Cagliari, Italy
,
Ezio Zanon7 Centro Emofilia, Clinica Medica II, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padova, Italy
&
Massimo Franchini8 Immunohaematology and Transfusion Centre, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Pages 203-208 | Published online: 08 Jul 2010

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