Morphologic Diagnosis of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-21

  Burns, Edward R ^a   Lou, Yenmay ^a   Pathak, Anjali ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolysis; Microangiopathy; Purpura; Schistocytes; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOCYTE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 0346786465     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10450     Document Type: Article

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