Open AccessThrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura - analysis of clinical features, laboratory characteristics and therapeutic outcomeof 24 patients treated at a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Shahid Iqbal,
Syed Ziauddin A. Zaidi,
Ibraheem Motabi,
Nawal AlShehry,
Mubarak S. AlGhamdi,
Imran K. Tailor
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.326.11274
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , rituximab , tertiary care , microangiopathic hemolytic anemia , refractory (planetary science) , thrombocytopenic purpura , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , surgery , platelet , physics , lymphoma , astrobiology
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a life-threatening disease. The primary aim was overall response rate (ORR) assessment in the treated patients.