Plasma exchange for thrombocytopenia in antiphospholipid syndrome: A case report

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-159

  Satomi, Akiyo ^a,b   Koiwa, Fumihiko ^a   Ogata, Hiroaki ^a   Kinugasa, Eriko ^a   Akizawa, Tadao ^a   Ideura, Terukuni ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Plasma exchange; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031808326     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.1998.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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