In this issue of Blood, Prevel et al demonstrate that older adults (>60 years) with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) have a distinct presentation and outcomes compared with younger adults. Atypical neurologic symptoms, such as headache, confusion, and focal deficits, are common, ...
I sent you signals. She expects the other person to “read” her. Mind-reading is hard. And blaming someone for not being able to be such a lame excuse. Talk like normal adults. Don’t expect him to come on a white horse to save you. Reducing someone who loved you for over six y...
The classic pentad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, neurologic symptoms, renal failure, and fever, albeit un- common, has been traditionally considered to be diagnos- tic of the disease. While most cases of TTP are caused by ADAMTS13 autoantibodies, secondary TTP can also ...
When HTTP is recognized, treatment with plasma infusion is simple and effective. Methods. To document the [1] relative frequency of initial symptoms, [2] age of initial symptoms and [3] age of diagnosis, we systematically searched for all case reports of patients with hereditary TTP whose ...