Report of a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type ii associated with iga antibodies only

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-375

  Meyer, Oliver ^a   Aslan, T ^a   Koster, A ^b   Kiesewetter, H ^a   Salama, A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Heparin PF4 antibodies; Immunoassay; Platelet activation assay

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEPIRUDIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET FACTOR 4; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33748752518     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029606291400     Document Type: Article

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