Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy When Plasmapheresis Fails in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Severe ADAMTS 13 Deficiency in Childhood: A Case Report
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disorder of the blood-coagulation system, causing extensive microscopic clots to form in the small blood vessels throughout the body. TTP is quite a rare pathology in childhood, being more frequent among adults. Often it is hardly to distinguish from ot...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-01-01
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Series: | European Journal of Inflammation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1301100131 |