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Post-partum atypical haemolytic-uraemic syndrome treated with eculizumab: terminal complement activity assessment in clinical practice
27 Mar 2013
Abstract excerpt
Atypical haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (aHUS) is a disease of uncontrolled complement alternative pathway activation. Eculizumab induces terminal complement blockade (TCB), and is safe and effective for aHUS treatment as evidenced by its recent approval by the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission. A 26-year-old woman was admitted 1 week after her first childbirth for aHUS with creatinine 6.2...
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