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  • Title: Successful therapeutic plasma exchange in a 3.2-kg body weight neonate with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.
    Author: Jung S, Kang ES, Ki CS, Kim DW, Paik KH, Chang YS.
    Journal: J Clin Apher; 2011; 26(3):162-5. PubMed ID: 21322001.
    Abstract:
    Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare form of complement dysregulation disease, and recently various reports have shown that it is associated with one or more mutations in the complement regulatory genes including complement factor H (CFH). Plasma exchange is a therapeutic option for adult patients, but not for a very young infant because of a potential side effect of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) itself. Herein, we describe a case of successful treatment of early onset aHUS associated with a novel CFH mutation with total 21 sessions of TPE over a period of 46 days in 3.2 kg 23-day-old neonate.
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