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Innovative therapeutic approach: sequential treatment with plasma exchange and eculizumab in a pregnant woman affected by atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome.
Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis - 1 Oct 2014
Mussoni Maria Pia, Veneziano F A, Boetti L, Tassi C, Calisesi C, Nucci S, Rigotti A, Panzini I, Ardissino G
Abstract excerpt
The atypical HUS (aHUS) is a rare genetic disease, with poor prognosis, characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure. This syndrome is often related to mutations in the genes encoding complement regulatory proteins. A 26-year-old woman with homozygo...
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