Serious bleeding in a haemodialysis patient treated with recombinant hirudin

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2482-2483

  Müller, Alexander ^a   Huhle, Günter ^b   Nowack, Rainer ^b   Birck, Rainer ^b   Heene, Dieter L ^b   Van Der Woude, Fokko J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Ecavin clotting time; Haemodialysis; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT); Hiradin; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LEPIRUDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CASE REPORT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTITHROMBINS; HEMORRHAGE; HIRUDIN THERAPY; HIRUDINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0344132648     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.10.2482     Document Type: Article

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