HIT paradigms and paradoxes

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 1 S, 2011, Pages 105-117

  Warkentin, T E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Danaparoid; Direct thrombin inhibitors; Fondaparinux; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Immune response; PF4 heparin complexes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ARGATROBAN; COUMARIN; DANAPAROID; ENOXAPARIN; FC RECEPTOR IIA; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEPIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GANGRENE; HEART INFARCTION; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NECROSIS; OPTICAL DENSITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; STOICHIOMETRY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 79960644200     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04322.x     Document Type: Review

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