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Ten patient stories illustrating the extraordinarily diverse clinical features of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and severe ADAMTS13 deficiency.
Journal of clinical apheresis - 1 Jan 2012
George James N, Chen Qiaofang, Deford Cassie C, Al-Nouri Zayd
Abstract excerpt
Patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and severe ADAMTS13 deficiency are often considered to have typical clinical features. However, our experience is that there is extraordinary diversity of the presenting features and the clinical courses of these patients. This diversity is illustrated by descriptions of 10 patients. The patients illustrate that ADAMTS13 activity may be normal initially but...
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