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Congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with novel mutations in three unrelated Turkish children.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Mar 2014
Metin Ayse, Unal Sule, Gümrük Fatma, Palla Roberta, Cairo Andrea, Underwood Mary, Gurgey Aytemiz
Abstract excerpt
Congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is an inherited disease caused by mutations in the ADAMTS 13 gene and has been reported to have diverse ages of presentation, ranging from the newborn period to adulthood. Herein, we present three cases of congenital TTP who were symptomatic during childhood (neonatal period, 7 and 10 years) and were each initially given different diagnoses. Congenital TTP was...
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