EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni: a clinical management alert.
Guilherme Vaz de Melo TrindadeThiago Almeida PereiraJúlia Fonseca de Morais CaporaliDebora Vaz de Melo TrindadeSilvana Junia RorizPatrícia Donado Vaz de MeloJosé Roberto LambertucciPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)
Automated platelet counts in blood samples from HS patients should be performed right after blood collection in EDTA tubes and verified by manual counts in blood smears.