Clinical experience in treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura - hemolytic uremic syndrome with 28 patients
Author(s) -
D. Vučelić,
Zoran Rajić,
Nebojša Savić,
Danijela Miković,
Zivko Budisin,
Nebojša Antonijević,
Slobodan Obradović,
Dragana Jevtić,
Giuseppe Bettoni,
Gloria Casoli,
Flora Peyvandi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci1301029v
Subject(s) - adamts13 , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , medicine , exacerbation , gastroenterology , microangiopathic hemolytic anemia , platelet , von willebrand factor
Neither optimal treatment nor significance of ADAMTS13 (A Desintegrin And Metalloprotease with ThromboSpondin type 1 repeats) activity for diagnosis and therapy of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) have not been defined yet. The aim of the report is to analyze response to different volumes of plasma exchange (PE), and relationship to ADAMTS13.
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