Diagnosis of Hereditary TTP Caused by Homozygosity for a Rare Complex ADAMTS13 Allele After Salmonella Infection in a 43-Year-Old Asylum Seeker

Diagnosis of Hereditary TTP Caused by Homozygosity for a Rare Complex ADAMTS13 Allele After Salmonella Infection in a 43-Year-Old Asylum Seeker

A 43-year-old Armenian patient was diagnosed with salmonella infection and thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). The clinical course was benign with resolution of all laboratory alterations after antibiotic treatment. Constantly deficient ADAMTS13 activity without ADAMTS13 inhibitors and evidence of hom...

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Main Authors: Ralph Wendt, Sven Kalbitz, Felix Otto, Tanja Falter, Joachim Beige, Heidi Rossmann, Bernhard Lämmle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
cTTP
Upshaw Schulman syndrome
hereditary TTP
ADAMTS13
TMA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.639441/full

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