The use of eculizumab in gemcitabine induced thrombotic microangiopathy

BACKGROUND: Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) secondary to gemcitabine therapy (GiTMA) is a very rare pathology that carries a poor prognosis, with nearly half of the cases progressing to end stage renal disease. GiTMA is most commonly associated with adenocarcinomas, most notably pancreatic cancers....

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Autores principales: Krishnappa, Vinod, Gupta, Mohit, Shah, Haikoo, Das, Abhijit, Tanphaichitr, Natthavat, Novak, Robert, Raina, Rupesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5767063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29329518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0812-x

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