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Elevated procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as potential biomarkers of sepsis in a subpopulation of thrombotic microangiopathy patients

✍ Yasuko O. Erickson; Noelle I. Samia; Bruce Bedell; Kenneth D. Friedman; Bonnie S 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 98 KB

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) comprises a group of microvascular thrombosis syndromes associated with multiple pathogenic factors. Deficient activity of ADAMTS13 is a pathogenic factor in a subset of TMA patients that provides a strong rationale for plasma exchange treatment. However, the subset