Budd-Chiari syndrome and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in polycythemia vera: Successful treatment with repeated TIPS and interferon alpha

Budd-Chiari syndrome and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in polycythemia vera: Successful treatment with repeated TIPS and interferon alpha

Polycythemia vera (PV) is a common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT). The postpartum period is a precipitating cofactor. An additional heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT/T) leads to a life-threatening condition in which transjugular intrahepatic porto...

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Main Author: Farhat, Hussein (author)
Other Authors: Khoury, Joe (author), Mahfoud, Nathalie (author), Akoum, Riad (author), Mahfoud, Daniel (author), Ghaoui, Albert (author)
Format: article
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4043
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1482.59917
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.cancerjournal.net/article.asp?issn=0973-1482;year=2009;volume=5;issue=4;spage=305;epage=308;aulast=Akoum
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http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4043
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1482.59917
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.cancerjournal.net/article.asp?issn=0973-1482;year=2009;volume=5;issue=4;spage=305;epage=308;aulast=Akoum

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