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Tests for vWF
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
ristocetin cofactor assay; vWF antigen assay; agar electrophoresisContinue reading
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PT
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
evaluates extrinsic pathway to fibrin clotContinue reading
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PTT
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
evaluates intrinsic pathway to stable fibrin clotContinue reading
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Fibrinolysis tests
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
fibrin(ogen) degradation products; D-dimers (cross-linked insoluble fibrin)Continue reading
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S/S platelet dysfunction
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
cannot form temporary plug; epistaxis; petechiae; bleeding from scratchesContinue reading
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
children; antibodies against GpIIb:IIIa; no splenomegalyContinue reading
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Chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
SLE; antibodies against GpIIb:IIIa receptorsContinue reading
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Heparin
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
thrombocytopenia due to IgG antibody against heparin attached to PF4 on plateletsContinue reading
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HIV
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
thrombocytopenia MC hematologic abnormality; similar to ITPContinue reading