Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and homocysteinemia in a child

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare, progressive, life-threating disease that frequently has a genetic component; it is usually caused by familial, sporadic or idiopathic reasons. We report a case of aHUS in a 21-month-old girl with coexisting of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase m...

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Autores principales: Al-Ahmad, Molham, Kharita, Lubna, Wannous, Hala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7376982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32728451
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa048
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description Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare, progressive, life-threating disease that frequently has a genetic component; it is usually caused by familial, sporadic or idiopathic reasons. We report a case of aHUS in a 21-month-old girl with coexisting of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutations, homocysteinemia and thalassemia minor complicated by peripheral gangrene as extrarenal manifestation.
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spelling pubmed-73769822020-07-28 Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and homocysteinemia in a child Al-Ahmad, Molham Kharita, Lubna Wannous, Hala Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare, progressive, life-threating disease that frequently has a genetic component; it is usually caused by familial, sporadic or idiopathic reasons. We report a case of aHUS in a 21-month-old girl with coexisting of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutations, homocysteinemia and thalassemia minor complicated by peripheral gangrene as extrarenal manifestation. Oxford University Press 2020-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7376982/ /pubmed/32728451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa048 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and homocysteinemia in a child
title_full Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and homocysteinemia in a child
title_fullStr Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and homocysteinemia in a child
title_full_unstemmed Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and homocysteinemia in a child
title_short Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and homocysteinemia in a child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7376982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32728451
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa048
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