Systemic infections mimicking thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 743-751

  Booth, Kristina K ^a   Terrell, Deirdra R ^b   Vesely, Sara K ^b   George, James N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; REGISTRIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80051715567     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.22091     Document Type: Article

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