Kidney involvement in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and malignant hypertension

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1783-1784

  Boctor, Fouad N ^a   Prichard, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAMTS13 PROTEASE INHIBITOR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BLURRED VISION; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; SCHISTOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEAKNESS;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; KIDNEY; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249170991     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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