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Diseases that result in THROMBOSIS in MICROVASCULATURE. The two most prominent diseases are PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; and HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME. Multiple etiological factors include VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL damage due to SHIGA TOXIN; FACTOR H deficiency; and aberrant VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR formation.
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- Microangiopathies, Thrombotic
- Microangiopathy, Thrombotic
- Thrombotic Microangiopathy
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2010
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- Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (1972-2009)
- Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic (1965-2009)
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- National Library of Medicine. Thrombotic Microangiopathies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057049. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057049
- Thrombotic Microangiopathies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombotic_microangiopathy
- Thrombotic Microangiopathies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3312044