Pseudohyperkalemia and Platelet Counts

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 15, 1991, Pages 1107-

  Nijsten, M W N ^a   de Smet, B j g l ^a   Dofferhoff, A S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERKALEMIA; LETTER; PLASMA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; PLATELET COUNT; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0025934342     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199110103251515     Document Type: Letter

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