Confusing combination of thrombocytopenia and thrombosis after heparin therapy in a patient with cardiac leiomyosarcoma; a nephrologist viewpoint
We represent here a 30-year-old woman with cardiac leiomyosarcoma who developed thrombocytopenia and deep vein thrombosis a few days after the start of low molecular weight heparin. Thrombocytopenia improved after replacement of low molecular weight heparin with hirudine. We speculated that cardiac...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Nephropharmacology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jnephropharmacology.com/PDF/NPJ-3-57.pdf |