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Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic

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Definition: An acquired, congenital, or familial disorder caused by PLATELET AGGREGATION with THROMBOSIS in terminal arterioles and capillaries. Clinical features include THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AZOTEMIA; FEVER; and thrombotic microangiopathy. The classical form also includes neurological symptoms and end-organ damage, such as RENAL FAILURE.      Other names Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Familial; Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Congenital; Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombopenic; Moschkowitz Disease; Upshaw Schulman Syndrome; Thrombotic Thrombopenic Purpuras; Thrombotic Thrombopenic Purpura; Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpuras; Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Thrombotic Microangiopathies, Familial; Thrombopenic Purpuras, Thrombotic; Thrombopenic Purpura, Thrombotic; Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Thrombotic; Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Thrombotic; Syndrome, Upshaw-Schulman; Syndrome, Schulman-Upshaw; Schulman Upshaw Syndrome; Purpuras, Thrombotic Thrombopenic; Purpuras, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic; Microangiopathy, Familial Thrombotic
 
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, acquired  0   *Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic.
platelet agglutinating protein, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura  0   *Blood Proteins Platelet Aggregation Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic. J Clin Invest 1985;76(4):1330

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