Successful treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenia using fresh frozen plasma.
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Fresh frozen plasma induced thrombocytopenia
Transfusions of blood products are common in medical practice and can be lifesaving in certain situations. Potentially life threatening reactions could occur and physicians should be alerted. Here we describe a case of thrombocytopenia that was induced by transfusion of fresh frozen plasma (FFP). A 52 years old male presented to the emergency department after two episodes of hematochezia that r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.43.10.875-c