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Spontaneous heparin-induced thrombocytopenia presenting as bilateral adrenal hemorrhages and pulmonary embolism after total knee arthroplasty

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome is an acquired potentially life-threatening prothrombotic disorder caused by antibodies that recognize complexes of platelet factor 4 bound to heparin or heparin-like molecules. It typically occurs after exposure to unfractionated heparin, to a lesser extent...

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Autores principales: Elshoury, Amro, Khedr, Maha, Abousayed, Mostafa M., Mehdi, Syed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326374
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2015.07.003