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Mechanisms of microvascular thrombosis in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Kidney international. Supplement - 1 Feb 2009
Tsai Han-Mou
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have demonstrated that thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a serious thrombotic disorder affecting the arterioles and capillaries of multiple organs, is caused by a profound deficiency in the von Willebrand factor cleaving metalloprotease, ADAMTS13. ADAMTS13, a 190-kD plasma protease originating primarily in hepatic stellate cells, prevents microvascular thrombosis by cleaving von Willebrand...
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