Seasonal and regional variation of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the United States: insights from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Am J Hematol. 2015 Jan;90(1):E24. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23853. Epub 2014 Oct 18.

Authors

Smith Giri¹, Ranjan Pathak, Madan Raj Aryal, Paras Karmacharya, Vijaya Raj Bhatt, Mike G Martin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.

PMID: 25229615
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23853

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Databases, Factual
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization / trends
Humans
Incidence
International Classification of Diseases
Plasmapheresis
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / diagnosis
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / epidemiology*
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / therapy
Seasons*
United States / epidemiology