Uneventful re-treatment with cyclosporin in two cases of cyclosporin-induced haemolytic uraemic syndrome
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Uneventful re-treatment with cyclosporin in two cases of cyclosporin-induced haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
Key words: cyclosporin; haemolytic uraemic syndrome; day 2 was discontinued the same day, as laboratory studies revealed a Coombs-negative microangiopathic renal transplantation; thrombotic microangiopathy haemolytic anaemia (MAHA) with thrombopenia: haemoglobin decreased to 6.8 from 8.5 g/dl (D1), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) increased to 987 from Introduction 140 IU/l (D1), very low haptoglobi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.7.1864