Pseudohyperkalemia in serum: A new insight into an old phenomenon

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-32

  Sevastos, Nikolaos ^a   Theodossiades, George ^b   Archimandritis, Athanasios J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Erythrocytosis; Leucocytosis; Plasma potassium; Pseudohyperkalemia; Serum potassium; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRANULATION; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE RELEASE REACTION; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL DEGRANULATION; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; PLATELET AGGREGATION; POLYCYTHEMIA; POTASSIUM; SECRETORY VESICLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50049134071     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2008.739     Document Type: Review

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