Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura: How close is close enough?

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Perez, Cesar A ^a   Abdo, Nabil ^b   Shrestha, Anuj ^b   Santos, Edgardo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SKIN BRUISING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 80052894493     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/267508     Document Type: Article

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