Transient EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia and ulcerative colitis recurrence during chemotherapy: A case of misleading platelet count results attributable to a laboratory artifact.

Clin Case Rep · 2023 · PMC10663534 · PMID 38028043

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The results revealed a decreasing trend in the platelet count, which was correlated with the retention time in the EDTA blood collection tube (Figure 2 ).

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