A patient with 'spontaneous' heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis after undergoing knee replacement

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-75

  Mallik, Alka ^a   Carlson, Karen B ^a   DeSancho, Maria T ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

argatroban; heparin induced thrombocytopenia; knee replacement; spontaneous; venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; HEPARIN; HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBINS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; AUTOANTIBODIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPECOLIC ACIDS; PLATELET FACTOR 4; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 78650797980     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328340ff11     Document Type: Article

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