Successful pregnancy despite thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the first trimester [5]

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1456-1457

  Gunther, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMAPHERESIS; RELAPSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPIRIN; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PLASMA; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 33746328336     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00919.x     Document Type: Letter

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