Treating TTP/HUS with plasma exchange: A single centre's 25-year experience

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Forzley, Brian R ^a,b   Sontrop, Jessica M ^b   MacNab, Jennifer J ^b   Chen, Salina ^a   Clark, William F ^a,b,c  

^a VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Plasma exchange; Plasmapheresis; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51249124824     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07317.x     Document Type: Article

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