Targeting B cells in severe thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura--a road to cure?

Editorial

Vasileios C Kyttaris. Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan.

. 2012 Jan;40(1):317-8.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232d2b6.

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The author has not disclosed any potential conflicts of interest.

Efficacy and safety of first-line rituximab in severe, acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with a suboptimal response to plasma exchange. Experience of the French Thrombotic Microangiopathies Reference Center.
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