Clopidogrel-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura presenting with coronary artery thrombosis [1]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 890-891

  Oo, Thein H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 33750579781     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20583     Document Type: Letter

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