Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with Brucella infection

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-232

  Kiki, Ilhami ^a   Gundogdu, Mehmet ^a   Albayrak, Bulent ^a   Bilgiç, Yilmaz ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Therapeutic plasma exchange; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BLOOD SMEAR; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949106512     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180d09f19     Document Type: Article

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