A case of heparin induced thrombocytopenia treated with lepirudin infusion: Case report;Lepirudin infüzyonu ile tedavi edilen heparine baǧli trombositopeni olgusu: Olgu sunumu

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-188

  Sünmez, Şule ^a   Okumuş, Gülfer ^a   Kiyan, Esen ^a   Ece, Turban ^a   Arseven, Orhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Lepirudin; Pulmonary thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

LEPIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HIRUDINS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33747058208     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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