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Targeted resequencing of a locus for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia on chromosome 5 identified in a genome-wide association study.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Aug 2018
Witten Anika, Bolbrinker Juliane, Barysenka Andrei, Huber Matthias, Rühle Frank, Nowak-Göttl Ulrike, Garbe Edeltraut, Kreutz Reinhold, Stoll Monika
Abstract excerpt
Immune-mediated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is the clinically most important adverse drug reaction (ADR) in response to heparin therapy characterized by a prothrombotic state despite a decrease in platelet count. We conducted a genome-wide association study in 96 suspected HIT cases and 96 controls to explore the genetic predisposition for HIT within a case-control pharmacovigilance study followed by...
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