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Isolated thrombotic microangiopathy of the small intestine in a patient with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome - a case report.
BMC nephrology - 24 Mar 2020
Nunius Christoph, Büttner-Herold Maike, Bertz Simone, Schiffer Mario, Buchholz Bjoern
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BACKGROUND: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare disease characterized by systemic thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) reflected by hemolysis, anemia, thrombocytopenia and systemic organ injury. The optimal management of aHUS-patients when undergoing kidney transplantation to prevent recurrence in the allograft is eculizumab, an approved recombinant antibody targeting human complement component C5....
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