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Genetic testing of complement and coagulation pathways in patients with severe hypertension and renal microangiopathy.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Mar 2018
Larsen Christopher P, Wilson Jon D, Best-Rocha Alejandro, Beggs Marjorie L, Hennigar Randolph A
Abstract excerpt
A diagnosis of thrombotic microangiopathy on kidney biopsy in a patient presenting with hypertensive emergency has historically elicited the diagnosis of malignant hypertension-associated thrombotic microangiopathy. Recent studies, however, have raised awareness that a number of these patients may actually represent atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. To further investigate this premise, we performed...
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