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Adult-onset eculizumab-resistant hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with cobalamin C deficiency.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Jan 2014
Cornec-Le Gall Emilie, Delmas Yahsou, De Parscau Loïc, Doucet Laurent, Ogier Hélène, Benoist Jean-François, Fremeaux-Bacchi Véronique, Le Meur Yannick
Abstract excerpt
A 20-year-old man was hospitalized for malignant hypertension, mechanical hemolysis, and kidney failure. Kidney biopsy confirmed glomerular and arteriolar thrombotic microangiopathy. Etiologic analyses, which included ADAMTS13 activity, stool culture, complement factor proteins (C3, C4, factor H, factor I, and MCP [membrane cofactor protein]), anti-factor H antibodies, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) serology,...
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