Exchange transfusion for neonate with haemolytic uremic syndrome
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Exchange transfusion for neonate with haemolytic uremic syndrome.
INTRODUCTION Haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is one of the most common causes of acute renal failure in children but it is uncommon in newborns. To our knowledge only five cases have been reported so far (probably underreported). The known modalities of treatment include transfusion of plasma and plasmapheresis. We report a case of neonatal HUS for whom we performed an exchange transfusion to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: SpringerPlus
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2193-1801
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-1667-x