pubmed-article:20128858 | pubmed:abstractText | Recently, there has been an increasing number of reports regarding adverse skin reactions to subcutaneous heparin administration. Case series have implied that heparin-induced skin lesions are predominantly associated with life-threatening heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) in at least 22% of patients. Skin lesions, therefore, have been included in clinical scores for HIT. | lld:pubmed |