Refractory post-pancreatitis thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Response to rituximab [1]

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-268

  Ruiz, Jimmy ^a   Koduri, Prasad R ^a   Valdivieso, Manuel ^a   Shah, Prabodh C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADAMTS13; Pancreatitis; Plasma exchange; Rituximab; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BILIRUBIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN; RITUXIMAB; THROMBOPLASTIN; VINCRISTINE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEADACHE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PANCREATITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 15844387103     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-0971-7     Document Type: Letter

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