PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Billie Ketelsen TI - An Overview of the Laboratory's Role in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura AID - 10.29074/ascls.120.002253 DP - 2020 Jan 01 TA - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science PG - ascls.120.002253 4099 - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2020/07/31/ascls.120.002253.short 4100 - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2020/07/31/ascls.120.002253.full AB - Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a multi-faceted disease for a clinical laboratory with diagnosis data and treatment spread across many different laboratory sections. Encompassing results from hematology, chemistry, molecular, and coagulation sections with treatment from the transfusion medicine/Blood Bank section of the laboratory, clinicians are able to accurately diagnosis and treat TTP.