Pseudothrombocytopenia: Often a misleading clinical problem;Pseudo-trombopenie: Een niet altijd even goed gekend laboratoriumfenomeen

Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-299

  De Greef, Y ^a   Claeys, R ^b   Mebis, J ^c   Janssen, M ^c   Vanstraelen, D ^c   Madoe, V ^c   Rummens, J L ^b   Bries, G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Klinisch laboratorium ^*

^c VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Limburgs Oncologisch Centrum   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 14644432515     PISSN: 0371683X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/tvg.61.4.1002103     Document Type: Review

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