## Abstract We report here the case of a 44βyearβold woman with thrombocytopenia, anemia, convulsions, hyperprolactinemia, and galactorrhea. The patient died of cardiac failure. Autopsy revealed PASβpositive and von Willebrand factorβpositive microthrombi in the arterioles and capillaries of many o
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) associated with a Borrelia burgdorferi infection
β Scribed by St. Schroder; I. Spyridopoulos; J. Konig; K. G. Jaschonek; D. Luft; F. J. Seif
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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