Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and warfarin-induced skin necrosis: A case report;Trombocitopenia induzida por heparina e necrose cutânea por varfarina - Relato de caso

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 915-918

  Kaiber, Flávia Larissa ^a,b   Malucelli, Tiago Osternack ^b,c   Baroni, Eloína Do Rocio Valenga ^b,d   Schafranski, Marcelo Derbly ^e   Akamatsu, Hélcio Takeshi ^b,d   Schmidt, Carolina Cecília Finkler ^b,f  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Clinicas de Curitiba   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e Departamento de Reumatologia   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heparin; Necrosis; Thrombocytopenia; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN NECROSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; NECROSIS; SKIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WARFARIN;

EID: 79951648252     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962010000600024     Document Type: Article

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