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Successful therapeutic plasma exchange in a 3.2-kg body weight neonate with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Journal of clinical apheresis - 1 Jan 2011
Jung Sunkyung, Kang Eun-Suk, Ki Chang-Seok, Kim Dae-Won, Paik Kyung-Hoon, Chang Yun Sil
Abstract excerpt
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare form of complement dysregulation disease, and recently various reports have shown that it is associated with one or more mutations in the complement regulatory genes including complement factor H (CFH). Plasma exchange is a therapeutic option for adult patients, but not for a very young infant because of a potential side effect of therapeutic plasma exchange...
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