Post-transfusion purpura: A challenging diagnosis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 672-674

  Shtalrid, Mordechai ^a,b   Shvidel, Lev ^a,b   Vorst, Eljakim ^a,b   Weinmann, Eran E ^a,b   Berrebi, Alain ^a,b   Sigler, Erica ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

HPA antibodies; Human platelet antigen; Post transfusion purpura; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN 1A; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN 1B; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN 3A; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN 3B; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN 5A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPARA; PURPURA; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; RARE DISEASES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33750738083     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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