Experts' opinion or the serotonin release assay as a gold standard for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1667-1669

  Tardy, Bernard ^a   Presles, E ^a   Akrour, M ^a   de Maistre, E ^b   Lecompte, T ^c   Tardy Poncet, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONIN RELEASE ASSAY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTIBODIES; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTONIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 80051587276     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04385.x     Document Type: Letter

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