Transient appearance of postoperative EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia in a patient after gastrectomy

Platelets

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-74

  Wenzel, Folker ^a   Lasshofer, Roland ^a   Rox, Jutta ^a   Fischer, Johannes ^a   Giers, Günther ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

gastrectomy; postoperative; Pseudothrombocytopenia; transient appearance

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH TUMOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EDETIC ACID; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 78651500446     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2010.516847     Document Type: Article

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