Title: Thrombotic Microangiopathy: the Lebanese Experience 
Duration: 3 years 
Partnership: Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris and Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut 

Summary: 
Among the possible work ideas: 

1- Attempt to study the susceptibility genes of patients with TTP (Thrombotic thrombocytopenic Purpura) acquired in Lebanon; it would be interesting to see if Lebanese patients have the same HLA alleles overrepresented than those observed in France. 

2- Explore the impact of clinical and biological autoimmune manifestations among our patients. 

3- Study the factors triggering an episode, and in particular, the influence of an infectious process found before or during an episode.