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The role of defective complement control in hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis - 1 Mar 2006
Zipfel Peter F, Misselwitz Joachim, Licht Christoph, Skerka Christine
Abstract excerpt
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe disease that is characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Recent evidence has shown that defective complement activation and defective complement control is a cause of HUS. So far, mutations in single genes coding for the cofactor and complement regulator factor H, the membrane cofactor protein (MCP/CD46),...
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