Pseudothrombocytopenia: A report of a new method to count platelets in a patient with EDTA- and temperature-independent antibodies of the IgM type

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 243-247

  Van der Meer, W ^a   Allebes, W ^a   Simon, A ^a   Van Berkel, Y ^a   De Keijzer, M H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EDTA; IgM; Pseudothrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EDETIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; RELIABILITY; SEPSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD PLATELETS; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 18744413242     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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