Pseudothrombocytopenia or platelet clumping as a possible cause of low platelet count in patients with viral infection: A case series from single institution focusing on hepatitis A virus infection

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-76

  Choe, W H ^a   Cho, Y U ^b   Chae, J D ^b   Kim, S H ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A virus; Pseudothrombocytopenia; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

ENTECAVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872263267     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2012.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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