Eculizumab for Atypical Hemolytic–Uremic Syndrome
Author(s) -
Yilong Wang,
Beijing Tiantan,
S. Claiborne Johnston,
Yongjun Wang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmx090009
Subject(s) - eculizumab , medicine , atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , immunology , complement system , antibody
[CI], 0.57 to 0.83) for the first 21 days, 1.00 (95% CI, 0.57 to 1.76) for 22 to 60 days, and 0.38 (95% CI, 0.18 to 0.82) for 61 to 90 days. We also await results of trials such as POINT and TARDIS for confirmation of these results in non-Chinese populations. We agree with Jeong that there may be important differences according to the patients’ eth nicity and environment that limit the generalizability of our results, and we await the results of future clinical trials.
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