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Fulminant thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in systemic lupus erythematosus
M Jorfén1, J L Callejas, F Formiga
1Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
|March 20, 1998
Abstract:
We describe two cases of fulminant thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in unusual association in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. In our two SLE patients the exceptionally rapid fatal course of TTP made any therapeutic intervention impossible.