Incidence of anti-heparin/platelet factor 4 antibodies and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in medical patients

Incidence of anti-heparin/platelet factor 4 antibodies and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in medical patients

Objective: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a life threatening complication of heparin therapy, causing thrombosis. The aim of our study was to find out the frequencies of HIT antibody seroconversion and clinical HIT in Turkish medical patients on different forms of heparins. Materials and...

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Main Authors: Mahmut Yüksel, Ömer Yiğitbaşı, Turan Kürüm, Enver Duran, Mustafa Edis, Emre Tekgündüz, Muzaffer Demir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2009-12-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Hematology
Subjects:
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
medical patients
Turkish cohort
unfractionated heparin
low molecular weight heparin.
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