Heparin-induced skin necrosis associated with thrombocytopenia and acquired protein C and protein S deficiency

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1116-1117

  Prasad, H Keshava ^a,b   Govindarajan, Rangaswamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LEPIRUDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; SKIN NECROSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; NECROSIS; SKIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 36749102542     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21026     Document Type: Article

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