Acta Med. 2004, 47: 59-60

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.68

What Are Appropriate Initial and Salvage Therapies for Patients with Thrombotic Thrombocyopenic Purpura (TTP)?

Leo McCarthya, Atillio Orazia, Charles Miragliaa, Daniel Waxmanb, Elaine Skipwortha, Constance Danielsona

aIndiana University Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
bIndiana Blood Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Received July 1, 2003
Accepted November 1, 2003

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