Successful Use of Low Dose r-Hirudin (Refludan®) for Recurrent Dialysis Catheter Thrombosis in a Patient with Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(03): 1205-1206
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614360

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Successful Use of Low Dose r-Hirudin (Refludan^®) for Recurrent Dialysis Catheter Thrombosis in a Patient with Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia

Viren B. Patel

¹From The University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV

,

Joseph Snyder

²The University Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV

,

Rinah I. Shopnick

³The Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

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