Molecular group:
Leukocyte effector mechanisms and proteases
Molecule/Cell:
ADAMTS13 (activity)
Plasmodium strain:
Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax
Organ:
Plasma
Population:
Indonesia
Transmission:
Unstable
Adult/Pediatric:
Pediatric and adult
UM vs HC:
<
Patient number:
53
Additional differences:
P. falciparum (UM + 3SM) = P. vivax < HC for Ag conc and activity; malaria > thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; P. falciparum patients had ultra-large (UL)-vWF in plasma; no ↑ titers of ADAMTS13 autoantibodies
Refs:
De Mast et al., 2009, Am J Trop Med Hyg
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