Correlation of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura disease activity with von willibrand factor-cleaving protease level in ulcerative colitis [4]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 786-787

  Ahmed, Shahid ^a   Siddiqui, Anita K ^b   Chandrasekaran, Visalam ^c  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MESALAZINE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 2442589972     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.01.020     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Almogy G., Sachar D.B., Gans W.H., Greenstein A.J. Ulcerative colitis and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. J Clin Gastroenterol. 32:2001;248-250