A severe case of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with pneumococcal infection and T activation treated successfully with plasma exchange

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2448-2452

  Hopkins, Courtney K ^a   Yuan, Shan ^a   Lu, Qun ^a   Ziman, Alyssa ^a   Goldfinger, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SIALIDASE; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME RELEASE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAMINIDASE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SERUM ALBUMIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 55349130321     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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