Concurrent thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and immune thrombocytopenic purpura in an HIV-positive patient: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Yospur, Lisa S ^a   Sun, Nora C J ^a   Figueroa, Priscilla ^a   Niihara, Yutaka ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; ITP; TTP

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MEZLOCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PLASMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0030050905     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199601)51:1<73::AID-AJH12>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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