Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/haemolytic uraemic syndrome: A new index predicting response to plasma exchange

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-209

  Wyllie, B F ^a   Garg, A X ^a   Macnab, J ^a   Rock, G A ^b   Clark, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plasma exchange; Rose index; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; AGE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMA; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMA; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PROGNOSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644829278     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05857.x     Document Type: Article

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