Excellent response of refractory life-threatening thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura to cyclosporine treatment

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-67

  Itala M ^a   Remes, K ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BLOOD PLATELETS; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 1242272212     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0141-9854.2003.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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