Thrombosis Research
Volume 125, Issue 3 , Pages 272-277 , March 2010

Prothrombin complex concentrate (Beriplex P/N) for control of bleeding after kidney trauma in a rabbit dilutional coagulopathy model

Received 25 August 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 21 October 2009.

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 Presented in part at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research, Vienna, Austria, February 4-7, 2009.

PII: S0049-3848(09)00488-5

doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.10.011

Thrombosis Research
Volume 125, Issue 3 , Pages 272-277 , March 2010