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Article

Smoking and Coagulation: The Sticky Fibrin Phenomenon

, PhD (Biological Sciences), , PhD (Anatomy), , MSc (Anatomy) & , MBchB
Pages 236-239 | Received 09 Feb 2010, Accepted 02 Mar 2010, Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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