- ►hematologylibrary.org JN George - Blood, 2000 - bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org Adults who have the defining diagnostic features of TTP (Table 1) but in whom acute renal failure
is a prominent abnormality, with or without a diarrhea prodrome, have been described as having
adult HUS, and some consider this as a distinct syndrome. However, the one prospective ... Cited by 297 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
P Ruggenenti, M Noris, G Remuzzi - Kidney international, 2001 - nature.com Thrombotic microangiopathy, hemolytic uremic syndrome, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic
purpura. The term thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) defines a lesion of vessel wall thickening
(mainly arterioles or capillaries), intraluminal platelet thrombosis, and partial or complete ... Cited by 210 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►hematologylibrary.org [PDF] J Laurence, D Mitra, M Steiner, L Staiano- … - …, 1996 - bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org . reserved Hematology; all rights Copyright 2007 by The American Society of Suite 200, Washington
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MA Elliott, WL Nichols - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2001 - mayoclinicproceedings.com Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) are multisystemic
disorders that are characterized by thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and
ischemic manifestations, resulting from platelet agglutination in the arterial ... Cited by 85 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
JN George, SK Esely - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2001 - ccjm.org HE ABILITY OF PLASMA exchange to reduce illness and death from thrombot- ic thrombocytopenic
purpura-hemolytic ure- mic syndrome (TTP-HUS) has increased the urgency for prompt
diagnosis. Clinicians once considered a diagnosis of TTP-HUS only if patients had all five ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►haematologica.it [PDF] E Bobbio-Pallavicini, L Gugliotta, R Centurioni, C … - Haematologica, 1997 - haematologica.it Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is an uncommon hematologic syndrome in which
microvascular platelet thrombosis pro- duces a clinical picture characterized by thrombo- cytopenic
purpura, schistocyte hemolytic anemia on a microangiopathic basis, fluctuating neuropsy- ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 14 versions
JL MOAKE, TW CHOW - The American journal of the medical sciences, 1998 - journals.lww.com Serial studies of plasma samples from patients during episodes of thrombotic thrombocytopenic
purpura (TTP) have often shown either the presence of unusually large (UL) von Willebrand
factor (vWf) multimers or, alternatively, absence of the largest plasma vWf forms. The ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
PS Reddy, D Deauna-Limayo, JD Cook, SS Ganguly, C … - Annals of hematology, 2005 - Springer Abstract Several reports have defined nonfamilial throm- botic thrombocytopenic purpura
(TTP) as an autoimmune disorder caused by antibodies to von Willebrand's factor- cleaving protease
(vWF-CP). This raises the possibility that rituximab, a monoclonal antibody against CD20 ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►hematologylibrary.org M Galbusera, M Noris, C Rossi, S Orisio, J … - …, 1999 - bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org We investigated here the changes in von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimers in recurrent, sporadic
and familial forms of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)/thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
(TTP) to see whether they are actually proteolyzed in vivo in these patients. Molecular ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
NA Aqui, SH Stein, BA Konkle, CS … - Journal of Clinical …, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) was once uniformly fatal. Therapeutic plasma exchange
in combination with immunosuppressive and anti-platelet agents, however, have resulted in
improved survival rates of greater than 80% for patients with TTP. In spite of aggressive ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
