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Frequent recurrence of pregnancy-triggered congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A rare case report.
Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation - 1 Jan 2021
Xu Jialiang, Yu Sijian, Zhang Fuhua
Abstract excerpt
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in adults is rare thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), which is closely related to the lack of specific proteases of von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimers. It is currently believed that both congenital TTP (cTTP) and acquired TTP (aTTP) can induce acute attack through pregnancy. We report a case of a 24-year-old woman who was diagnosed as TTP during early pregnancy. A novel...
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