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. 2018 May 11;115(19):327–334. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0327

eTable 3. ADAMTS13 activity <10%: thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

aTTP Suspected cTTP/
Upshaw–Schulman syndrome
Anti-ADAMTS13 inhibitor positive Anti-ADAMTS13 inhibitor negative,
mutation analysis
Continue plasmapheresis,
steroids, rituximab
(off-label use)
Plasma infusion if acute
organ damage,
plasmapheresis

ADAMTS13: a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13; aTTP: immune-mediated, acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; cTTP: congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; TTP: thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura