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Anti-platelet Therapy Resistance – Concept, Mechanisms and Platelet Function Tests in Intensive Care Facilities

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 2 (2016): Issue 1 (January 2016)
By: Alina Mărginean,  Claudia Bănescu,  Alina Scridon and  Minodora Dobreanu  
Open Access
|Feb 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2015-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
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Language: English
Page range: 6 - 15
Submitted on: May 2, 2015
Accepted on: Jul 10, 2015
Published on: Feb 9, 2016
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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Keywords:
blood platelets,
platelet aggregation inhibitors,
aspirin,
clopidogrel,
cytochrome P-450 enzyme system,
platelet function tests
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Anaesthesiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other

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