Cascade filtration for TTP: An effective alternative to plasma exchange with cryodepleted plasma

Transfusion Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Bruni, R ^a   Giannini, G ^a   Lercari, G ^a   Bo, A ^a   Florio, G ^a   De Luigi, M C ^a   Marmont, A ^a   Gobbi, A ^a   Damasio, E ^a   Valbonesi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cascade filtration; Double filtration; Hemolytic anemia; Microangiopathic hemolysis; Plasma exchange; Plasmapheresis; Therapeutic apheresis; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FIBRINOGEN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; STEROID; TICLOPIDINE; VINCRISTINE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRECIPITATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ASPIRIN; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 12944249532     PISSN: 09553886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3886(99)00092-2     Document Type: Article

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