Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome associated with primary anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 661-666

  Nagayama, Kazuyoshi ^d   Izumi, Namiki ^d   Miyasaka, Yuka ^d   Saito, Kazunori ^d   Ono, Kei Ichi ^d   Noguchi, Osamu ^d   Hoshino, Yuji ^d   Uchihara, Masakatsu ^d   Miyake, Shozo ^a   Enomoto, Nobuyuki ^d   Tanaka, Yujiro ^a   Marumo, Fumiaki ^b   Sato, Chifumi ^b,c  

^a MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Abortion; Liver dysfunction; Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia; Plasma exchange; Pregnancy; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 9844220292     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.661     Document Type: Article

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