Eculizumab treatment for renal failure in a pediatric patient with COVID-19

Abstract While there are increasing reports of acute kidney injury among hospitalized adults with COVID-19, there is still limited information on renal complications associated with COVID-19 in children. The cause of kidney involvement in COVID-19 is likely multifactorial, and appears to involve a complex process, including complement dysregulation and thrombotic microangiopathy. We present a pediatric case of COVID-19 and renal failure due to thombotic microangiopathy, successfully treated with eculizumab..

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

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Journal of nephrology / Supplement - 33(2020), 6 vom: 26. Sept., Seite 1373-1376

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Englisch

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Mahajan, Ruchi [VerfasserIn]
Lipton, Marissa [VerfasserIn]
Broglie, Larisa [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Namrata Gargee [VerfasserIn]
Uy, Natalie Somera [VerfasserIn]

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© Italian Society of Nephrology 2020

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10.1007/s40620-020-00858-2

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OLC2121578536