Dabigatran, a direct thrombin inhibitor, can be a life-saving treatment in heparininduced thrombocytopenia

ARYA Atherosclerosis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mirdamadi, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dabigatran; Enoxaparin; Heparin; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; ENOXAPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RECANALIZATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84872478977     PISSN: 17353955     EISSN: 22516638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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