Management of Shiga toxin-associated Escherichia coli-induced haemolytic uraemic syndrome: randomized clinical trials are needed

Editorial

Diana Karpman. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Oct.

. 2012 Oct;27(10):3669-74.

doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfs456.

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Best supportive care and therapeutic plasma exchange with or without eculizumab in Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4 induced haemolytic-uraemic syndrome: an analysis of the German STEC-HUS registry.
Kielstein JT, Beutel G, Fleig S, Steinhoff J, Meyer TN, Hafer C, Kuhlmann U, Bramstedt J, Panzer U, Vischedyk M, Busch V, Ries W, Mitzner S, Mees S, Stracke S, Nürnberger J, Gerke P, Wiesner M, Sucke B, Abu-Tair M, Kribben A, Klause N, Schindler R, Merkel F, Schnatter S, Dorresteijn EM, Samuelsson O, Brunkhorst R; Collaborators of the DGfN STEC-HUS registry. Kielstein JT, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Oct;27(10):3807-15. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfs394. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012. PMID: 23114903

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