Sequential occurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, essential thrombocythemia, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in a 42-year-old African-American woman: a case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura are two well recognized syndromes that are characterized by low platelet counts. In contrast, essential thrombocythemia is a myeloproliferative disease characterized by abnormally high platelet numbers. The coe...

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Autores principales: Farhat, Mirna H, Kuriakose, Philip, Jawad, Michael, Hanbali, Amr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22472269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-93

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22472269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-93

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