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Platelet substitutes in the management of thrombocytopenia
Thomas J Reid1, Frank J Rentas, Lloyd H Ketchum
1Department of Blood Research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA. thomas.reid@na.amedd.army.mil
Current Hematology Reports
|August 7, 2003
Abstract:
A variety of agents can improve hemostasis and reduce blood loss caused or exacerbated by congenital or acquired defects in platelet number of function. This review discusses several available approaches for the practicing clinician to reduce bleeding (diffuse or localized) in this clinical setting.