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Thromb Haemost 2014; 111(06): 1191-1193
DOI: 10.1160/TH13-12-1012
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Atherosclerosis is not a risk factor for antiplatelet factor 4/heparin antibody formation after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

Adam Cuker
1   Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2   Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Lubica Rauova
3   Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4   Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Douglas Bolgiano
5   Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
,
William H. Matthai Jr.
1   Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Mortimer Poncz
3   Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4   Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Barbara A. Konkle
5   Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
6   University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
› Institutsangaben Financial support: This work was supported by grants HL112903 and HL099973.
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Received: 11. Dezember 2013

Accepted after minor revision: 09. Januar 2014

Publikationsdatum:
02. Dezember 2017 (online)

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