**About the Editors**

**Hugo ten Cate**, M.D., PhD, Professor in Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine and Thrombosis Expert Center, Maastricht University Medical Center; Adjunct Professor, Center of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany.

**Bernhard L ¨ammle**, M.D., Emeritus Professor and Director, Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, retired in 2013, Senior Professor Center of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany, Visiting Professor Haemostasis Research Unit, University College London, London, UK, Senior Consultant Hamatologie Praxis Bern, Switzerland. ¨
