Athrombocytopenic thrombotic microangiopathy, a condition that could be overlooked based on current diagnostic criteria

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1048-1050

  De Serres, Sacha A ^a   Isenring, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Plasmapheresis; Renal failure; Serum LDH; Thrombotic microangiopathies

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHROMBOCYTOPENIC THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREVALENCE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749103238     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn687     Document Type: Article

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