We present a case of a patient who is HIV positive and developed both thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura and visceral Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) with hemorrhage. This case presents a difficult management problem in that the patient's bleeding originated from KS lesions and did not quickly abate with pla
Rapid improvement of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with vincristine and plasmapheresis
β Scribed by Jeanna L. Welborn; Pam Emrick; Maxine Acevedo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 386 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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