Placental findings in pregnancy-associated haemolytic uremic syndrome: Clinicomorphological study of three cases

Pathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 451-453

  Castiglione, Francesca ^a   Buccoliero, A M ^a   Garbini, F ^a   Gheri, C F ^a   Mecacci, F ^a   Moncini, D ^a   Rossi Degl'Innocenti, D ^a   Taddei, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemolytic uremic syndrome; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MICROALBUMINURIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CESAREAN SECTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFARCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; PLACENTA; PLASMA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649146111     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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