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The classic pentad of clinical features occurred in only 5 percent of cases of George's study group but in our population, it was seen in 36.4 percent of cases.

THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA: OUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

The rainfall area that affected each streamflow site was chosen based on the criterion that the pentad rainfall anomaly had a significant correlation with the runoff anomaly of that site during the wet season.

Predictive Contributions of Snowmelt and Rainfall to Streamflow Variations in the Western United States

Let (g, [pi], U, U, B) be an arbitrary standard pentad. Then there exists a (finite or infinite dimensional) graded Lie algebra L(g, [pi], U, U, B) = [[direct sum].sub.n[member of]Z] [U.sub.n] such that

Graded Lie algebras and regular prehomogeneous vector spaces with one-dimensional scalar multiplication

This is a case of an elderly patient with MDS clinically presenting with the "classic TTP pentad." To the best of the authors' knowledge this is the first case reported of MDS presenting as full-blown TTP in an elderly person.

Myelodysplastic Syndrome Clinically Presenting with the "Classic TTP Pentad"

Twenty-two patients (91.6%) had the triad of hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and neurologic abnormalities and only 2 (8.3%) had the classical pentad of TTP (Table-I).

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura - analysis of clinical features, laboratory characteristics and therapeutic outcome of 24 patients treated at a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia

TTP can present without the full pentad of the classic clinical presentation.

A case of refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with plasmapheresis and rituximab

The other side of the chaitya includes the first Khmer rendering of the five cosmic Buddhas of the Vajradhatu pentad, defined in the STTS, and no scene from Shakyamuni's biography.

Serpent-enthroned Buddha of Angkor

In summary, our cases of CABG-induced TTP and those reported in the literature are characterized by A) a florid presentation with most or all of the components of the classic TTP pentad; B) a frequent delay in the diagnosis; C) a good response to plasmapheresis and dialysis/CRRT in most cases; and D) a tendency not to relapse in those who have survived and obtained complete remission.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) following coronary artery bypass: Case series and review of the literature

Additionally, patients with SLE could present as thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP) rarely which was characterized by the clinical pentad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA), thrombocytopenia, renal dysfunction, fever, and neurologic abnormalities.

Concurrence of fatal staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus

The clinical diagnosis of TTP previously required the identification of a classic pentad of clinical features initially described by Amorosi and Ultmann (11) in 1966, which included hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, neurologic abnormalities, renal dysfunction, and fever.

Use of the ADAMTS13 Activity Assay Improved the Accuracy and Efficiency of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Suspected Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

The pentad is concerned with the way certain structures of thought establish motives for action.

Framing connections: an essay on improving the relationship between rhetorical and social scientific frame studies, including a study of G.W. Bush's framing of immigration