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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) – case report

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Introduction Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure. In 90% of children, HUS most often develops after an intestinal infection caused by verotoxin-producing E. coli. The remaining 10%
Aleksandra Borkowska, Anna Sobstyl, Aleksandra Chałupnik, Zuzanna Chilimoniuk, Maciej Dobosz, Szymon Marosz   +5 more
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Pediatric Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Advances

Cells, 2021
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare disorder characterized by dysregulation of the alternate pathway. The diagnosis of aHUS is one of exclusion, which complicates its early detection and corresponding intervention to mitigate its high ...
Rupesh Raina, Nina Vijayvargiya, Amrit Khooblall, Manasa Melachuri, Shweta Deshpande, Divya Sharma, Kashin Mathur, Manav Arora, Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Sonia Sandhu   +9 more
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Small-molecule factor D inhibitors selectively block the alternative pathway of complement in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

Haematologica, 2017
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome are diseases of excess activation of the alternative pathway of complement that are treated with eculizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against the terminal complement ...
Xuan Yuan, Eleni Gavriilaki, Jane A. Thanassi, Guangwei Yang, Andrea C. Baines, Steven D. Podos, Yongqing Huang, Mingjun Huang, Robert A. Brodsky   +8 more
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Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome in children

Инновационная медицина Кубани, 2022
Background: Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare progressive form of systemic thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), which develops due to uncontrolled activation of the alternative pathway of the complement system and is characterized by a ...
A. V. Burlutskaya, A. V. Statova, D. V. Ustyuzhaninа, Yu. V. Pisotskaya   +3 more
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Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2011
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is defined by the triad of mechanical hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and renal impairment. Atypical HUS (aHUS) defines non Shiga-toxin-HUS and even if some authors include secondary aHUS due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Frémeaux-Bacchi Véronique, Loirat Chantal   +1 more
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Genetics of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) [PDF]

, 2014
29 p.-3 fig.Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare, life-threatening disease characterized by thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and acute renal failure.
Rodríguez de Córdoba, Santiago, Tortajada, Agustín, Tortajada Alonso, Agustín, Subías, Marta, Subias Hidalgo, Marta, Pinto, Sheila   +5 more
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Nephrotic syndrome associated with primary atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

, 2021
Primary atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome is a rare disease characterized by non-immune microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal dysfunction; it is related to alterations in the regulation of the alternative pathway of complement ...
Alfonso Jose Gonzalez-Vergara (10467822), John Fredy Nieto-Rios (5788220), Diana Carolina Bello-Marquez (4750176), Lina Maria Serna-Higuita (5788226)   +3 more
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Case Series of 3 Patients Diagnosed With Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Successfully Treated With Steroids, Plasmapheresis, and Rituximab

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 2017
Rationale: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, which has a high probability of chronic kidney disease, morbidity, and mortality, needs to be promptly recognized when patients present with microangiopathic hemolysis.
Jeffery M. Patterson, Lauren Bolster, Loree Larratt   +2 more
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Successful use of eculizumab to treat atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Thrombosis Journal, 2019
Background Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome is a rare group of disorders that have in common underlying complement amplifying conditions. These conditions can accelerate complement activation that results in a positive feedback cycle.
Ramy M. Hanna, Noah Merin, Richard M. Burwick, Lama Abdelnour, Umut Selamet, Beshoy Yanny, Patrick Bui, Mary Fouad, Ira Kurtz   +8 more
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Delayed and sequencial hemolytic uremic syndrome as a complication of Gemcitabine therapy

, 2022
Gemcitabine is a widely used drug in the treatment of diverse malignancies and its use has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. This drug has been associated with a rare adverse event, the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), characterized ...
Paulo Marcelo Gehm Hoff, Renata Colombo Bonadio, Paulo Henrique Amor-Divino, Rafaela Lopes da Silva Naves, Thaís Sampaio Corrêa de Almeida   +4 more
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