Tailored antiplatelet therapy in a patient with ITP and clopidogrel resistance

Grazia Loredana Mendolicchio; Dennis Zavalloni; Monica Bacci; Matteo Roveda; Vittorio Quagliuolo; Chiara Viviani Anselmi; Lidia L. Rota; Zaverio M. Ruggeri

doi:10.1160/TH14-09-0751

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2015; 113(03): 664-667
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-09-0751

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Tailored antiplatelet therapy in a patient with ITP and clopidogrel resistance

Grazia Loredana Mendolicchio

¹Laboratori di Ricerca Emostasi e Trombosi, International Center for Global Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

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Dennis Zavalloni

²Department of Invasive Cardiology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

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Monica Bacci

¹Laboratori di Ricerca Emostasi e Trombosi, International Center for Global Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

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Matteo Roveda

¹Laboratori di Ricerca Emostasi e Trombosi, International Center for Global Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

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Vittorio Quagliuolo

³Department of Oncological Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

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Chiara Viviani Anselmi

⁴Institute of Genetics and Biomedical Research, Milan Unit, and Laboratorio di Infiammazione e Immunologia, Patologie Cardiovascolari, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

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Lidia L. Rota

¹Laboratori di Ricerca Emostasi e Trombosi, International Center for Global Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

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Zaverio M. Ruggeri

⁵Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

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