Transportational thrombocytopenia.
Transportational delay in performing a routine CBC may result in platelet clumping and a false thrombocytopenia referred to as transportational thrombocytopenia.
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Robert T S
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University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014186:Transportation