Red Cell Distribution Width and Other Red Blood Cell Parameters in Patients with Cancer: Association with Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Mortality

Julia Riedl; Florian Posch; Oliver Königsbrügge; Felix Lötsch; Eva-Maria Reitter; Ernst Eigenbauer; Christine Marosi; Ilse Schwarzinger; Christoph Zielinski; Ingrid Pabinger; Cihan Ay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111440

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Red Cell Distribution Width and Other Red Blood Cell Parameters in Patients with Cancer: Association with Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Mortality

Julia Riedl,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Florian Posch,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Oliver Königsbrügge,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Felix Lötsch,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Eva-Maria Reitter,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Ernst Eigenbauer,

Affiliation Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Christine Marosi,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Ilse Schwarzinger,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Christoph Zielinski,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Ingrid Pabinger,

Affiliation Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Cihan Ay

* E-mail: cihan.ay@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Red Cell Distribution Width and Other Red Blood Cell Parameters in Patients with Cancer: Association with Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Mortality

Julia Riedl,
Florian Posch,
Oliver Königsbrügge,
Felix Lötsch,
Eva-Maria Reitter,
Ernst Eigenbauer,
Christine Marosi,
Ilse Schwarzinger,
Christoph Zielinski,
Ingrid Pabinger

Published: October 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111440

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