Egyptian experience of reliability of 4T's score in diagnosis of heparin induced thrombocytopenia syndrome

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 701-705

  Tawfik, Nehad M ^a   Hegazy, Mona A ^a   Hassan, Ehab A ^a   Ramadan, Yomna K ^a   Nasr, Aml S ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

14C serotonin release assay; 4T's score; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Heparin PF4 immunoassay

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN RELEASE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET FACTOR 4; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEROTONIN; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855195765     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32834c6c9c     Document Type: Article

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