Von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease inhibitor in a patient with human immunodeficiency syndrome-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 909-911

  Sahud, Mervyn A ^a,b   Claster, Susan ^a   Liu, Lucy ^b   Ero, Michael ^b   Harris, Kathryn ^b   Furlan, Miha ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Von Willebrand factor; Von Willebrand factor cleaving protease; Von Willebrand factor cleaving protease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; POLYMER; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAM PROTEINS; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 0036125205     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1048.2002.03349.x     Document Type: Article

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