More on false thrombocytopenias: EDTA-Dependent pseudothrombocytopenia associated with a congenital platelet release defect

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-29

  Silvestri, Federico ^a   Masotti, Adriana ^b   Pradella, Paola ^b   Zaja, Francesco ^a   Barillari, Giovanni ^a   De Marco, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE RELEASE REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0029884214     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1996.7110027.x     Document Type: Article

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