Attempted treatment of factor H deficiency by liver transplantation

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 454-458

  Cheong, Hae Il ^a   Lee, Byong Sop ^a   Kang, Hee Gyung ^a   Hahn, Hyewon ^b   Suh, Kyung Suk ^c   Ha, Il Soo ^a   Choi, Yong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation; Complement; Factor H deficiency; Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METICILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SMEAR; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE DURATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PANCYTOPENIA; PARVOVIRUS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; UREMIA; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 1842637606     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1371-2     Document Type: Article

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