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Blood film says it all! Rare case of congenital TTP misdiagnosed as ITP

We report a case of a 16-year-old female who presented with bleeding diathesis. Peripheral blood film examination was consistent with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with 7% fragmented red blood cells. The ADAMTS13 level was 40 ng/ml (reference range: 630–850 ng/ml). She responded to plasma exchan...

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Autores principales: Majeed Memon, Ayesha, Ali, Natasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31388548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2019.02.005