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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

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Publication Year: 2010
Type: Federal resource, Online publication
Language: English
Website: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/childkidneydiseases/hemolytic_uremic_syndrome/index.htm

This publication discusses hemolytic uremic syndrome. HUS is a rare condition affecting mostly children under the age of 10. HUS is characterized by destruction of red blood cells, damage to the lining of blood vessel walls and kidney failure.

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