Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome in a child presenting with malignant hypertension

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-186

  Totina, Alisha ^a   Iorember, Franca ^a   El Dahr, Samir S ^a   Yosypiv, Ihor V ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UREMIA;

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; INFANT; KIDNEY;

EID: 84873364670     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811412942     Document Type: Article

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