Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the first trimester of pregnancy

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) occurs more commonly in women and so can be associated with pregnancy. The time during pregnancy with greatest risk for development of TTP is near term and during the post partum period. TTP occurring in early trimester is uncommon and is also associated wit...

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Autores principales: Sikka, Pooja, Chopra, Seema, Aggarwal, Neelam, Suri, Vanita, Chandrasekaran, Abi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23559773
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.106746
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author Sikka, Pooja
Chopra, Seema
Aggarwal, Neelam
Suri, Vanita
Chandrasekaran, Abi
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description Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) occurs more commonly in women and so can be associated with pregnancy. The time during pregnancy with greatest risk for development of TTP is near term and during the post partum period. TTP occurring in early trimester is uncommon and is also associated with great maternal and fetal mortality. We report a successful outcome of pregnancy in a woman with TTP in early first trimester who was treated with therapeutic plasma exchange.
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spelling pubmed-36136712013-04-04 Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the first trimester of pregnancy Sikka, Pooja Chopra, Seema Aggarwal, Neelam Suri, Vanita Chandrasekaran, Abi Asian J Transfus Sci Case Report Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) occurs more commonly in women and so can be associated with pregnancy. The time during pregnancy with greatest risk for development of TTP is near term and during the post partum period. TTP occurring in early trimester is uncommon and is also associated with great maternal and fetal mortality. We report a successful outcome of pregnancy in a woman with TTP in early first trimester who was treated with therapeutic plasma exchange. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3613671/ /pubmed/23559773 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.106746 Text en Copyright: © Asian Journal of Transfusion Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sikka, Pooja
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613671/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.106746
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