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Treatment with argatroban in one haemodialysed patient with a heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombotic complications

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  1. Haemostasis and Thrombosis Centre, A.O. Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, 26100, Cremona, Italy

    Adriano Alatri, Oriana Paoletti, Anke Zimmermann & Sophie Testa

  2. Nephrology and Dialysis Division, A.O. Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Cremona, Italy

    Marina Foramitti

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Alatri, A., Foramitti, M., Paoletti, O. et al. Treatment with argatroban in one haemodialysed patient with a heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombotic complications. Intern Emerg Med 5, 359–360 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-010-0357-x

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