Patients treated with unfractionated heparin during open heart surgery are at high risk to form antibodies reactive with heparin:platelet factor 4 complexes

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 376-383

  Visentin, G P ^a   Malik, M ^a   Cyganiak, K A ^a   Aster, R H ^a  

^a BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0030258647     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(96)80009-6     Document Type: Article

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