Pandemic H1N1 influenza A infection and (atypical) HUS-more than just another trigger?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-5

  Allen, Upton ^a,b   Licht, Christoph ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

H1N1; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Pneumococcal infection

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; VIROLOGY;

COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 79952998614     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-010-1690-z     Document Type: Review

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