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Washington University Experience | VASCULAR | Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) | 5D1 (Case 5) N15 Glut-1 R 20X 2
5D1-4 Are intravascular microthrombi composed of fibrin & platelets or sickled cells or both? We have tested the nature of the intravascular content by staining red cells/sickled red cells immunohistochemically with glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1). ---- 5D1 One of the large veins adjacent to the region of infarction shown in image #5C6 contains large numbers of sickled red cells. (GLUT1R IHC)
