Peripheral digit ischemic syndrome can be a manifestation of postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-418

  Chang, Jae C ^a   Ikhlaque, Nadeem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Peripheral digit ischemic syndrome; Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombotic microangiopathy; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS; PERIPHERAL DIGIT ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SKIN; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 10044293961     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-0968.2004.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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