A useful method for the detection of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid- and cold agglutinin-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 357-362

  Ozcelik, Fatih ^a   Arslan, Erol ^b   Serdar, Muhittin A ^c   Yiginer, Omer ^d   Oztosun, Muzaffer ^a   Kayadibi, Huseyin ^e   Kurt, Ismail ^c  

^a Gumussuyu Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Balmumcu Military Medical Center   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Citrate; Cold agglutinin; EDTA; Kanamycin; Pseudothrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; COLD AGGLUTININ; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; KANAMYCIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PEPTIC ULCER; PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84871621915     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318242603d     Document Type: Article

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