Laboratory tests for the diagnosis of heparin-lnduced thrombocytopenia

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 25, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Walenga, Jeanine M ^a   Jeske, Walter P ^a   Fasanella, Anthony R ^a   Wood, Jennifer J ^a   Bakhos, Mamdouh ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Assays; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Heparin platelet factor 4 complex; Laboratory tests

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SEROTONIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICOAGULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PREGNANCY; SEROTONIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032894888     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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