Enoxaparin can be used safely in patients with severe thrombocytopenia due to intensive chemotherapy regimens

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1407-1411

  Herishanu, Yair ^a,b   Misgav, Mudi ^a,b   Kirgner, Ilya ^a,b   Ben Tal, Ofira ^a,b   Eldor, Amiram ^a,b   Naparstek, Ella ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catheter related central vein thrombosis; Enoxaparin; Intensive chemotherapy regimen; Low molecular weight heparin; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 2542549582     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190410001663671     Document Type: Article

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