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Bridging therapy in oral anticoagulated patients: focusing on how to do it

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Palareti, G. Bridging therapy in oral anticoagulated patients: focusing on how to do it. Int Emergency Med 2, 247–249 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-007-0074-2

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