This report emphasizes the immunologic susceptibility of TTP, and suggests the potential, but not proven role of H1N1 vaccination in the pathogenesis of TTP, because no serum before vaccination was available. Severe autoantibody TTP can be successfully treated by administering rituximab in addition to standard treatment with plasmapheresis and corticosteroids.
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