Pseudothrombocytopenia in cardiac surgical practice

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-566

  Nair, Sukumaran K ^a,b   Shah, Roma ^a   Petko, Matus ^a   Keogh, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti coagulation; Platelet

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART SURGERY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE;

AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 34548451168     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.154153     Document Type: Article

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