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thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
(redirected from Moschcowitz)

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thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura [thräm′bäd·ik ¦thräm·bō¦sīd·ō¦pen·ik ′pər·pə·rə]
(medicine)
Thrombi in blood vessels associated with deposits of hyaline substances in the walls and with thrombocytopenia. Also known as Moschcowitz's disease.
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First, the classic teaching and clinical experience since the first description of TTP by Moschcowitz (12) eight decades ago has been that schistocytes on the peripheral blood smear are a prerequisite for the diagnosis of TTP and HUS, and their apparent absence in the present case did hinder our ability to make a confident diagnosis before committing the patient to plasmapheresis.
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura without schistocytes on the ... by Bastani, Bahar / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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