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TTP or complement-mediated TMA or both? A rare diagnosis and report of a novel plasminogen gene variant

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We are deeply thankful to Dr. Anandita A. Datta, MD (Nephropathologist, The Joint Pathology Center, Defense Health Agency, Silver Spring, MD) for her help in obtaining the photomicrographs of the kidney biopsy for this patient.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, 411001, Pune, MH, India

    Nishant R. Tiwari & Aditya G. Tolat

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Sankalp Arora

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville Medical Center, Louisville, KY, USA

    Saad Paul Shaheen II

  4. Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Louisville Medical Center, Louisville, KY, USA

    Vivek R. Sharma

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Tiwari, N.R., Arora, S., Tolat, A.G. et al. TTP or complement-mediated TMA or both? A rare diagnosis and report of a novel plasminogen gene variant. Ann Hematol 101, 725–727 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-021-04589-7

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