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Bleeding and thrombotic events in a patient with lupus anticoagulant-associated hypoprothrombinemia and antiphospholipid antibody syndromes: managing hemostasis between Scylla and Charybdis

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  1. Malattie Emorragiche e Trombotiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Roma, Italy

    Alice Lipari, Silvia Sorrentino & Erica De Candia

  2. SOD Medicina Interna Interdisciplinare, AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy

    Carlo Tamburini & Domenico Prisco

  3. Dipartimento di Oncologia, AOU Careggi, Centro di Malattie Emorragiche e Trombotiche, Firenze, Italy

    Giancarlo Castaman

  4. Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

    Domenico Prisco

  5. Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

    Erica De Candia

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Lipari, A., Sorrentino, S., Tamburini, C. et al. Bleeding and thrombotic events in a patient with lupus anticoagulant-associated hypoprothrombinemia and antiphospholipid antibody syndromes: managing hemostasis between Scylla and Charybdis. Intern Emerg Med 18, 1233–1238 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-023-03292-x

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