Malignant hypertension masquerading as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

British Journal of Medical Practitioners

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 28-29

  Bawany, Zohaib ^a   Tariq, Zeeshan ^a   Sodeman, Thomas ^a   Mutgi, Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant hypertension; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLURRED VISION; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE RATE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79960406981     PISSN: 17578515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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