Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A difficult differential diagnosis in pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-85

  Brostrøm, Søren ^a,c   Bergmann, Olav J ^b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c KAS Glostrup ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Moschowitz syndrome; Pregnancy; Puerperium; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 0033958804     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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