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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in children.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Apr 2013
Loirat Chantal, Coppo Paul, Veyradier Agnès
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare life-threatening disease in children, due to a severe deficiency of ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 repeats, member 13), inherited in congenital TTP or secondary to anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies in acquired TTP. Rapid techniques for ADAMTS 13 assays, long-term follow-up of patients, phenotype-genotype...
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