Three patients with systemic sclerosis complicated by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-63

  Mimori, Akio ^a   Nara, Hiroyuki ^a   Kaneko, Naoko ^a   Shirota, Yuko ^a   Takeda, Akira ^a   Masuyama, Jun Ichi ^a   Yoshio, Taku ^a   Kano, Shogo ^a   Minota, Seiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microangiopathy; Plasma exchange; Scleroderma kidney; Thrombocytopenia; TTP

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034136272     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.23.57     Document Type: Article

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