Fatal relapse of thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura after cardiac surgery in patient with congenital absence of vWF-cleaving protease activity [9]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1734-1735

  Basic Jukic, Nikolina ^a   Kes, Petar ^a   Brunetta, Bruna ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ENZYME DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FAMILY HEALTH; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33744798506     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfk091     Document Type: Letter

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