Factor I Autoantibodies in Patients with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Disease-Associated or an Epiphenomenon?


Kavanagh D., Pappworth I. Y., Anderson H., Hayes C. M., Moore I., Hunze E., ...Daha Fazla

CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, cilt.7, sa.3, ss.417-426, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Background and objectives Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome is a disease associated with mutations in the genes encoding the complement regulators factors H and I. In addition, factor H autoantibodies have been reported in similar to 10% of patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. This study searched for the presence of factor 1 autoantibodies in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.