Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy after Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
Author(s) -
Siribha Changsirikulchai,
David Myerson,
Katherine A. Guthrie,
George B. McDonald,
Charles E. Alpers,
Sangeeta Hingorani
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02070508
Subject(s) - thrombotic microangiopathy , medicine , microangiopathic hemolytic anemia , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , transplantation , acute kidney injury , population , gastroenterology , kidney transplantation , schistocyte , kidney , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , disease , platelet , environmental health
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a known complication of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The etiology and diagnosis of TMA in this patient population is often difficult because thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and kidney injury occur frequently in HCT recipients, and are the result of a variety of insults.
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