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Fulminant thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP): association with amphetamine consumption?

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  1. Medical ICU, University Hospital Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Jonathan de Fallois & Sirak Petros

  2. Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Rudolf Boehm Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Ralf Regenthal

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de Fallois, J., Regenthal, R. & Petros, S. Fulminant thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP): association with amphetamine consumption?. Ann Hematol 94, 337–338 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-014-2125-x

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