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Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with Complement Factor H Mutation and IgA Nephropathy: A Case Report Successfully Treated with Eculizumab.
Nephron - 1 Jan 2018
Nakamura Hironori, Anayama Mariko, Makino Mutsuki, Makino Yasushi, Tamura Katsuhiko, Nagasawa Masaki
Abstract excerpt
We present a rare case of IgA nephropathy in a patient who developed atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) associated with a complement factor H (CFH) gene mutation, and who was successfully treated with eculizmab. A 76-year-old man was admitted as the patients had thrombotic microangiopathies findings. The patient was treated with plasma exchange, hemodialysis and methylprednisolone. A disintegrin and...
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