Lepirudin in the management of patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Sirak PetrosDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyAbstract: Lepirudin, a recombinant hirudin, is a direct irreversible thrombin inhibitor by binding to both free and clot-bound thrombin. It is approved for treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), which i...
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Dove Medical Press
2008
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