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Thromb Haemost 2012; 107(05): 998-1000
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-12-0839
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The serological profile of early-onset and persisting post-cardiac surgery thrombocytopenia complicated by “true” heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Theodore E. Warkentin
1   Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2   Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
,
Jane C. Moore
1   Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2   Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
,
Susan Vogel
3   Intensive Care Unit, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
,
Jo-Ann I. Sheppard
1   Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
,
Nathan I. Warkentin
1   Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
,
John W. Eikelboom
2   Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
› Author Affiliations Financial support: This study was supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (#T6950) and by the New Investigators Fund, Hamilton Health Sciences (#N10–250)
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Received: 06 December 2011

Accepted after minor revision: 03 February 2012

Publication Date:
25 November 2017 (online)

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