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. 1966 Sep;19(5):496–497. doi: 10.1136/jcp.19.5.496

Spurious hyperkalaemia and hyponatraemia in a patient with thrombocythaemia

J B Whitfield 1
PMCID: PMC473358  PMID: 5919364

Abstract

Changes in serum potassium and sodium during blood clotting in a patient with thrombocythaemia are described. In such patients falsely high results for potassium and falsely low results for sodium may be obtained.

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