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Fulminant myocarditis in immune‐mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report

Acute Medicine & Surgery
Background Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a life‐threatening thrombotic microangiopathy characterized by systemic microvascular thrombosis. Cardiovascular complications, including myocardial ischemia and necrosis, are a leading cause of acute ...
Haruka Ishikita, Akira Endo, Keisuke Suzuki, Tomohiro Akutsu, Yuichi Araki, Koji Morishita   +5 more
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ADAMTS-13 and Von Willebrand factor in relation to platelet response during plasma exchange in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a clue for disease mechanism? [PDF]

, 2009
International ...
M. C. Kappers-Klunne, J. G. van Asten, H. H. van Vliet   +2 more
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Sunitinib Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in addition to Severe Hypothyroidism: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Medicine, 2014
Introduction. Sunitinib malate is an oral multitargeting tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for the first line treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Imane El Dika, Deborah Mukherji, Sally Temraz, Rita Assi, Ali Shamseddine   +4 more
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Description and analysis of 23 cases treated in Chile between 2017 and 2022

Medwave
Introduction Since the first description of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, caused by a severe deficiency of ADAMTS13, plasma exchange and immunosuppression have become standard treatments, allowing to decrease its high mortality rate.
Daniel Cathalifaud, Jean-Paul Manríquez, Benjamín Rodríguez, Gonzalo Eymin, Benjamín Sanfuentes, Joel Castellano, Andrés Valenzuela   +6 more
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Presumptive thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura following a hump-nosed viper (Hypnale hypnale) bite: a case report

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2014
Hump-nosed viper bites are frequent in southern India and Sri Lanka. However, the published literature on this snakebite is limited and its venom composition is not well characterized.
Milinda Withana, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Ariaranee Gnanathasan, Lallindra Gooneratne   +3 more
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Tuberculosis presenting as immune thrombocytopenic purpura [PDF]

, 2004
Background Although various hematologic abnormalities are seen in tuberculosis, immune thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare event. Case Presentation We report a case of a 29 year-old male who was presented with immune thrombocytopenia-induced hemoptysis ...
Bahadir-Erdogan Beril, Kunt-Uzaslan Esra, Ozkocaman Vildan, Ozcelik Tulay, Ozkan Atilla, Ali Ridvan, Ozkalemkas Fahir, Akalin Halis   +7 more
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Acute Hepatitis E Induced the First Episode of Immune-Mediated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: The First Case Report

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023
Fei Lv,1,2 Yue Zhao,2 Xing-Di Yang,2 Han-Zhu Chen,2 Wen-Ya Ren,2 Ling-Xia Chen,2 Qiao-Qiao Yi,2 Wei Zheng,2 Hong-Ying Pan2 1The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People’s Republic of China ...
Lv F, Zhao Y, Yang XD, Chen HZ, Ren WY, Chen LX, Yi QQ, Zheng W, Pan HY   +8 more
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Platelet Apoptosis in Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia: Insights into the Mechanism of Damage Triggered by Auto-antibodies [PDF]

, 2016
Mechanisms leading to decreased platelet count in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) are heterogeneous. This study describes increased platelet apoptosis involving loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm), caspase 3 activation (aCasp3) and ...
Contrufo, Geraldine, Espasandin, Yesica Romina, García, Alejandro Jorge, Glembotsky, Ana Claudia, Goette, Nora Paula, Grodzielski, Matías, Heller, Paula Graciela, Lev, Paola Roxana, Marta, Rosana Fernanda, Molinas, Felisa Concepción, Pierdominici, Marta S., Riveros, Dardo Alberto   +11 more
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Increased plasma von Willebrand factor antigen levels but normal von Willebrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS13) activity in preeclampsia. [PDF]

, 2009
The activity of ADAMTS13, the von Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving protease is low in several conditions, including HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count) syndrome.
Bõze, Tamás, Cervenak, László, Derzsy, Zoltán, Gombos, Tímea, Hársfalvi, Jolán, Makó, Veronika, Molvarec, Attila, Prohászka, Zoltán, Rigó, János, Udvardy, Miklós László   +9 more
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What Are Appropriate Initial and Salvage Therapies for Patients with Thrombotic Thrombocyopenic Purpura (TTP)?

Acta Medica, 2004
Although much has been learned about the pathophysiologic process of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), both diagnostically and therapeutically, since its initial description by Moschowitz in 1924, its etiology and treatments remain, in many ...
Leo McCarthy, Atillio Orazi, Charles Miraglia, Daniel Waxman, Elaine Skipworth, Constance Danielson   +5 more
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