Severe vital depression as the presenting feature of cyclosporin-A-associated thrombotic microangiopathy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 998-1000

  Van Der Molen, Luc R ^b   Van Son, Willem J ^b   Tegzess, Adam M ^b   Stegeman, Coen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0032891089     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.4.998     Document Type: Article

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