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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and fatal thrombosis in a patient with activated protein C resistance.
American journal of hematology - 1 Dec 1995
Gardyn J, Sorkin P, Kluger Y, Kabili S, Klausner J M, Zivelin A, Eldor A
Abstract excerpt
We report a 20-year-old woman who developed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) associated with devastating and fatal multiorgan thrombosis. The patient, her mother, and her brother were found to have resistance to activated protein C (APC), and the congenital thrombophilia in this family was verified by the finding of the Arg506 Gln mutation in factor V. This is the first case of HIT and APC resistance. The...
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