Progressive thrombocytopenia after cardiac surgery in a 67-year-old man.

CMAJ

Department of Medicine (Kopolovic), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Warkentin), Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Published: September 2014

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