The Effect of Residual Heparin on the Interpretation of Heparin-Induced Platelet Aggregation in the Diagnosis of Heparin-Associated Thrombocytopenia

Thromb Haemost 1992; 68(01): 088
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656324

Letters to the Editor

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Melanie McCabe White

¹University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA

,

Linda Siders

²Methodist Hospital, Memphis, USA

,

Lisa K Jennings

¹University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA

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Frank L White

²Methodist Hospital, Memphis, USA

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