Sicklemia with multi-organ failure syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Hemoglobin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-351

  Chehal, Aref ^a   Taher, Ali ^a   Shamseddine, Ali ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; MALE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036444027     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120016371     Document Type: Article

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