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Hospital for Special Surgery

Jane Salmon, Hospital for Special Surgery

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"Many doctors may be unnecessarily treating some pregnant women who have antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) with anticoagulants, such as expensive heparin injections, which can cause bleeding and bone loss, explained Dr. Jane Salmon, the paper's senior author.

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