Differences and similarities between disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombotic microangiopathy

Abstract Introduction Both disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) cause microvascular thrombosis associated with thrombocytopenia, bleeding tendency and organ failure. Reports and discussion The frequency of DIC is higher than that of thrombotic thrombocyto...

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Main Authors: Hideo Wada, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kei Suzuki, Hiroshi Imai, Naoyuki Katayama, Toshiaki Iba, Masanori Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Thrombosis Journal
Subjects:
DIC
TMA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12959-018-0168-2