Acute pancreatitis, incomplete thrombotic microangiopathy and cocaine abuse: An unusual pathogenic link [6]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1143-

  Alcazar Guijo J ^a   Jimenez Saenz M ^a   Gomez Parra M ^a   Herrerias Gutierrez J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENZYME DEFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMYLASES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744438017     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2684-3     Document Type: Letter

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