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Protocolo de tratamento do mieloma múltiplo: serviço de hematologia Hospital Un...
Sousa, Jacqueline Holanda de; Silva, Herivaldo Ferreira da; Gurgel, Livia Andrade; Leitão, João Paulo de VasconcelosMultiple Myeloma (MM) is a hematological neoplasm characterized by bone marrow infiltration by clonal (malignant) plasma cells and the production of a monoclonal protein (MP). The disease remains incurable, although in recent years, with the advent of new treatments, progressive improvements in rates and duration of remission have been observed, resulting in a significant survival increment for affected patient...
Thrombotic microangiopathy mediated by complement in postpartum sequentially tr...
Barbosa, Orivaldo Alves; Macedo, Andre Luis Coutinho de Araujo; Guimarães, Manoel Pedro Guedes; Teixeira, Andre Costa; Cavalcante, Raissa MarquesThe complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), also known as atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), is rare and potentially fatal, presenting as TMA and dysfunction/endothe - lial edema secondary to diffuse disruption of a fluid phase alternat - ing complementary pathways. We report a case of a young woman with postpartum anuric renal failure, TMA and normal levels of AD- AMTS13 with partial clin...