Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and phlegmasia cerulea dolens of the upper limb successfully treated with fondaparinux

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-191

  Filis, Konstantinos ^a   Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel E ^a   Pappas, Apostolos ^a   Kotzadimitriou, Katerina ^a   Genetzakis, Michael ^a   Sigala, Frantzeska ^a   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a   Manouras, Andreas ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; NADROPARIN;

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHLEGMASIA CERULEA DOLENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 58149170196     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000187647     Document Type: Article

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