title: Familial thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a Bedouin family.
abstract: A 24-year-old Beduin pregnant woman in her 22nd week of gestation was treated successfully by plasmaphereses and steroids as soon as the diagnosis of TTP was confirmed by the clinical and laboratory criteria needed. Her sister died due to complications of TTP in pregnancy five years earlier while her other sister recuperated from TTP during pregnancy. However, fetal loss ensued. Thus, family history in pregnant women presenting with toxemia of pregnancy--like--syndrome may be the first clue to familial TTP.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dvilansky
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yermiahu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hatskelzon
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003241:Consanguinity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones