Hemolysis and schistocytosis in the emergency department: Consider pseudothrombotic microangiopathy related to vitamin B12 deficiency

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1017-1022

  Noel N ^a   Maigne G ^a   Tertian, G ^a,c   Anguel, N ^b   Monnet, X ^b,c   Michot, J M ^a,c   Goujard, C ^a,c   Lambotte, O ^a,c  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTHROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOCYTOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84886996453     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct142     Document Type: Article

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