Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with mixed connective tissue disease: A case report

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Souto Filho, Joo Tadeu Damian ^a,b   De Barros, Philipe Vianna ^a   Da Silva, Aline Maria Yamaguti Rios Paes ^a   Barbosa, Fernanda Alves ^a   Ribas, Gustavo Fernandes ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE CAMPOS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Geral de Guarus   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; CLONIDINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UROBILINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTURIA; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VOMITING;

EID: 85016471084     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/953890     Document Type: Article

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