Ventricular tachycardia as a presenting symptom in a child with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 198-200

  Büyükavci, Mustafa ^a   Olgun, Hasim ^b   Kertmen, Birgul ^b   Tan, Huseyin ^b   Ceviz, Naci ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; MEROPENEM; PHENYTOIN; PROPAFENONE; PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REYE SYNDROME; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 1642474420     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614257     Document Type: Article

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