Post-operative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A review

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-172

  Naqvi, T A ^a   Baumann, Michael A ^a   Chang, J C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Post operative; Purpura; Thrombocytic; Thrombocytopenic; Thrombotic

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POLYMER; VINCRISTINE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

HUMANS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842433854     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.0080.x     Document Type: Review

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