Scoring systems for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT): Whither now?

Theodore E. Warkentin

doi:10.1160/TH14-11-0974

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Thromb Haemost 2015; 113(03): 437-438
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-11-0974

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Scoring systems for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT): Whither now?

Theodore E. Warkentin

¹Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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