Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with statin treatment

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 947, 2004, Pages 551-552

  Sundram, F ^a   Roberts, P ^a   Kennedy, B ^a   Pavord, S ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN; TEICOPLANIN; TINZAPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 4644349777     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.017178     Document Type: Article

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