Fondaparinux thromboprophylaxis-associated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated by arterial thrombotic stroke

Mohamed Salem; Sara Elrefai; M. Atef Shrit; Theodore E. Warkentin

doi:10.1160/TH10-05-0284

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2010; 104(05): 1071-1072
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-05-0284

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Fondaparinux thromboprophylaxis-associated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated by arterial thrombotic stroke

Mohamed Salem

¹Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Sara Elrefai

²Department of Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

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M. Atef Shrit

³Department of Pathology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

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Theodore E. Warkentin

⁴Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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