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Late-onset thrombocytic microangiopathy caused by cblC disease: association with a factor H mutation.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Mar 2005
Guigonis Vincent, Frémeaux-Bacchi Véronique, Giraudier Stéphane, Favier Rémi, Borderie Didier, Massy Ziad, Mougenot Béatrice, Rosenblatt David S, Deschênes Georges
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BACKGROUND: cblC disease is a cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which has been primarily described in neonates and infants with severe renal and neurological lesions. PATIENTS: Two sisters aged 6 and 8.5 years presented with a latent hemolytic process characterized by undetectable or low plasma haptoglobin, respectively, associated with renal failure and gross proteinuria. Renal biopsies performed in both...
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