Acute Profound Thrombocytopenia Induced by Eptifibatide Causing Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage

BACKGROUND: Eptifibatide is a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa) receptor inhibitor which prevents platelet activation. The mechanism in which eptifibatide causes profound thrombocytopenia is poorly understood. One hypothesis suggests antibody-dependent pathways which cause thrombocytopenia upon su...

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Autores principales: Byrd, Gregory, Custovic, Sabina, Byrd, David, Ingrassia Miano, Deanna, Bathla, Jasdeep, Attallah, Antonious
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34327026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8817067

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34327026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8817067

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