First two patients with ulcerative colitis who developed classical thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura successfully treated with medical therapy and plasma exchange

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 204-206

  Baron, Beverly W ^a,b   Jeon, Hye Ran ^a   Glunz, Catherine ^a   Peterson, Amy ^a   Cohen, Russell ^a   Hanauer, Stephen ^a   Rubin, David ^a   Hart, John ^a   Baron, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma exchange; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MESALAZINE; METOPROLOL; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036916037     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.10037     Document Type: Article

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