Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-279

  Burle, S ^a   Passi, Gouri Rao ^a   Salgia, P ^a   Modi, A ^b  

^a CHOITHRAM HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Purpura; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; STEROID; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PALLOR; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADAM PROTEINS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; METALLOPROTEASES; MUTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 1642273693     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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