Fondaparinux thromboprophylaxis-associated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated by arterial thrombotic stroke

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1071-1072

  Salem, Mohamed ^a   Elrefai, Sara ^b   Shrit, M Atef ^b   Warkentin, Theodore E ^c  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; WARFARIN;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTUBATION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VEGETATIVE STAGE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; PLATELET FACTOR 4; POLYSACCHARIDES; STROKE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 78049442729     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-05-0284     Document Type: Letter

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