A case of EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia: Simple recognition of an underdiagnosed and misleading phenomenon

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nagler, Michael ^a   Keller, Peter ^a   Siegrist, Daniel ^a   Alberio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hematology analyzers; Laboratory hematology; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDTA DEPENDENT PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84900399640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-14-19     Document Type: Article

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