A case of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with clopidogrel

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 635-638

  Fukusako, Toshihiro ^a   Yamashita, Hiroshi ^a   Omoto, Masatoshi ^a   Matsuda, Kazuyuki ^a   Shinohara, Kenji ^a   Fujimura, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a Yamaguchi Grand Medical Center   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Clopidogrel; Plasma exchange; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Ticlopidine

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 37349001732     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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