Stroke in a young patient treated by alteplase heralding an acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-155

  Sevy, Amandine ^a   Doche, Emilie ^a   Squarcioni, Christian ^a   Poullin, Pascale ^a   Serratrice, Jacques ^a   Nicoli, Francois ^a   Weiller, Pierre Jean ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

middle cerebral artery; stroke; thrombolysis; thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DANAPAROID; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RITUXIMAB; VANCOMYCIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETICULOCYTE; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VOMITING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 80052085511     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20276     Document Type: Article

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