EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia - Clinical and serological study of 217 cases

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-368

  Szczepiński, Andrzej ^a   Maślanka, Krystyna ^a   Mariańska, Bozena ^a   Zupańska, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

EDTA dependent antiplatelet antibodies; Pseudoleukocytosis; Pseudothrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; POLAND; PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTE AGGLUTINATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 70349578021     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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