Clinical study on five cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura complicating pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 519-522

  He, Yang ^a   Chen, Youguo ^a   Zhao, Yiming ^a   Zhang, Yuemin ^a   Yang, Weiwen ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ADAMTS13; pregnancy; thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650143706     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01222.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. McMinn JR, George JN,. Evaluation of women with clinically suspected thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpnra-hemolytic uremic syndrome during pregnancy. J Clin Apher 2001; 16: 202-209.
2. Sadler JE, Moake JL, Miyata T, George JN,. Recent advances in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. American Society of Hematology 2004; 91: 806-811.
3. Scully M, Starke R, Lee R, Mackie I, Machin S, Cohen H,. Successful management of pregnancy in women with a history of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2006; 17 (6): 459-463.
4. Tsai HM,. Advances in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14: 1072-1081.
5. George JN,. The association of pregnancy with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome. Curr Opin Hematol 2003; 10: 330-344.
6. Gao W, Su J, Bai X, Wang Z, Ruan C,. Evaluation of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Chin Med J 2004; 117 (6): 818-822.
7. Rehberg JF, Briery CM, Hudson WT, Bofill JA, Martin JN Jr,. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura masquerading as hemolysis elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (HELLP) syndrome in late pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 2006; 108 (3 Pt 2): 817-820.
8. Tsai HM, Lian EC-Y,. Antibodies of von Willebrand factor cleaving protease in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. N Engl J Med 1998; 339: 1585-1594.
9. Hulstein JJ, Rison CN, Kappers-Klunne MC, et al. Activity loss of von Willebrand factor cleaving protin (ADAMTS-13) is diagnostic for primary and pregnancy-related thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2004; 148 (40): 1972-1976.
10. Crowther MA, George JN,. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: 2008 Update. Cleve Clin J Med 2008; 75 (5): 369-375.