Hemolytic uremic syndrome: Toxins, vessels, and inflammation
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is characterized by thrombotic microangiopathy of the glomerular microcirculation and other vascular beds. Its defining clinical phenotype is acute kidney injury, microangiopathic anemia, and thrombocytopenia. There are many etiologies of HUS including infection by Sh...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2014.00042/full |