Chronic relapsing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Role of therapy with cyclosporine

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-61

  Pasquale, Donald ^a,b   Vidhya, Rakesh ^a   DaSilva, Karen ^a   Tsan, Min Fu ^a,b   Lansing, Lawrence ^a   Chikkappa, G ^a,b  

^a STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic relapsing TTP; Cyclosporine; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; TTP

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FROZEN SECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0031963841     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199801)57:1<57::AID-AJH10>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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