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Altered Mental Status in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura is Secondary to Status Epilepticus Ann Neurol 40:245-246, Garret,W.T.,et al, 1996 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura(TTP)is a syndrome with numerous neurological manifestations including altered mental status and seizures. At least 10%of the patients with TTP seen at our institution had nonconvulsive status epilepticus as a cause of or associated with their altered mental status.We propose that altered mental status secondary to nonconvulsive status epilepticus requiring electroencephalographic diagnosis and antiepileptic medication occurs in a substantial proportion of patients with TTP.

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