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Thromb Haemost 2012; 108(06): 1028-1030
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-07-0513
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'Reversible nature of platelet binding causing transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) syndrome may explain dyspnea after ticagrelor and elinogrel' – a hypothesis that remains unproven

Editorial on Serebruany: ‘Viewpoint: Reversible nature of platelet binding causing transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) syndrome may explain dyspnea after ticagrelor and elinogrel’ (Thromb Haemost 2012; 108.6)
Karsten Schrör
1   Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, UniversitätsKlinikum, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Received: 23 July 2012

Accepted: 25 July 2012

Publication Date:
29 November 2017 (online)

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