New strategies in diagnosis and treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Case report and review

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 883-887

  Haberle J ^b   Kehrel, B ^c   Ritter, J ^b   Jurgens H ^b   Lammle B ^a   Furlan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chronic relapsing; Prophylactic treatment; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Von Willebrand factor cleaving protease

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEINASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0032841681     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051234     Document Type: Article

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