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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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Pathophysiology of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura [PDF]

Blood, 2017
AbstractThe discovery of a disintegrin-like and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13 (ADAMTS13) revolutionized our approach to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). Inherited or acquired ADAMTS13 deficiency allows the unrestrained growth of microthrombi that are composed of von Willebrand factor and platelets, which ...
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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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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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Complete Recovery of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy from Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic purpura

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2011
A 50 year old male HIV patient on antiretroviral therapy was admitted for chest pain. Upon admission, the patient was found to have elevated cardiac enzymes, acute thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, acute pancreatitis and acute renal failure.
Sainath Gaddam, Lata Pablani, Vinod Chainani, Ravi Raj Kavuda, Tarun Nagrani, Georges Abou Rjaili, Meekoo Dhar, James C Lafferty   +7 more
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis Complicated by Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Report and Literature Review

Infection and Drug Resistance
Jun Zheng,1 Xiaohong Pan,2 Yiyun Jiang3 1Department of Rehabilitation, Nanxing Health Service Center, Shangcheng, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, People’s Republic of China; 2Tuberculosis Care Unit, Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western ...
Zheng J, Pan X, Jiang Y
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Idiopathic combined, autoantibody-mediated ADAMTS-13/factor H deficiency in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 17-year-old woman: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome is a life-threatening condition with various etiopathogeneses. Without therapy approximately 90% of all patients die from the disease. Case presentation We report the case of a 17-
Patschan Daniel, Korsten Peter, Behlau Arne, Vasko Radovan, Heeg Malte, Sweiss Nadera, Müller Gerhard A, Koziolek Michael   +7 more
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Effect of blood groups on acquired and congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and clinical correlation: Multi-center Turkish cohort study

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Background: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a microangiopathic hemolytic anemia associated with ADAMTS-13 deficiency, a cleaving protease of von Willebrand factor (vWF).
Cevat İlteriş Kıkılı, Damla Ortaboz, Melek Yanaşık, Muhlis Cem Ar, Sevgi Kalayoğlu Beşışık   +4 more
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Journal of Associated Medical Sciences, 2015
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Nuchanat Nonsee, Prasit Chanarat
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