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Teaching Cases

Anemia and Thrombocytopenia – Shirley P. Levine, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.


I. HistoryII. Physical ExamIII. Laboratory DataIV. Differential Diagnosis
V. PathophysiologyVI. Prognosis/Clinical CourseVII. Teaching PointsVIII. Bibliography

VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tsai H-M, Lian EC-Y. Antibodies to von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. N Eng J Med. 1998;339:1585-1594.

Brass L. vWF meets the ADAMTS family. Nat Med. 2001;7:1177-1178.

Levy GG, Motto DG, Ginsburg D. ADAMTS13 turns 3. Blood. 2006;106:11-17.

Rock GA, Shumak KH, Buskard NA, et al. Comparison of plasma exchange with plasma infusion in the treatment of thombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. N Engl J Med. 1991;325:393-397.

George JN. How I treat patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura–hemolytic uremic syndrome. Blood 2000;96:1223-1229.

Lammle B, George JN. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: advances in pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment—introduction. Semin Hematol. 2004;41:1-3.

Sadler JE, Moake JL, Miyata T, George JN. Recent advances in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Hematology. 2004:407-423.

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