Heparin Illnesses Now in Germany Too

March 6, 2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- Dialysis patients in Germany have gotten sick using a different brand of the blood thinner heparin than was linked to 19 American deaths, sparking U.S. concern that the problem could run deeper than originally believed.

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