A diagnostic test for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
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A diagnostic test for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia can be a serious and difficult-to-diagnose complication of heparin therapy. Serum from patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia can cause heparin-dependent platelet aggregation, but the low sensitivity and specificity of this test limit its clinical usefulness. In this report we describe an assay for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia that is both sensitive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v67.1.27.bloodjournal67127