Pseudothrombocytopenia: A rare phenomenon

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-169

  Makris, Pantelis E ^a   Foka, Zoi ^a   Gerotziafas, Grigoris T ^a   Kioumi, Anna ^a   Pithara, Eleutheria ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; EDTA; Pseudothrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031842921     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602969800400305     Document Type: Article

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