Serologic evidence of heparin sensitization in cancer patients receiving heparin flushes of venous access devices

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 425-427

  Mayo, Donna Jo ^a   Cullinane, Ann M ^a   Merryman, Paula K ^a   Horne III, McDonald K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heparin; Thrombocytopenia; Venous access devices

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SEROTONIN RELEASE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; ANTICOAGULANTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLATELET COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTONIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032834548     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050303     Document Type: Article

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