Hemolytic uremic syndrome in small-bowel transplant recipients: The first two case reports

Transplant International

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 387-390

  Humar, Abhinav ^a   Jessurun, Jose ^b   Sharp, Harvey L ^a   Gruessner, Rainer W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Small bowel transplantation; Thrombotic microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ULCER; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE;

EID: 0032733479     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050245     Document Type: Article

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