Case Report
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World J Crit Care Med. May 4, 2017; 6(2): 135-139
Published online May 4, 2017. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v6.i2.135
Hemolytic uremic syndrome in adults: A case report
Fabiel Gerardo Pérez-Cruz, Patricia Villa-Díaz, María Consuelo Pintado-Delgado, María Loreto Fernández_Rodríguez, Ana Blasco-Martínez, María Pérez-Fernández
Fabiel Gerardo Pérez-Cruz, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Carretera Alcalá-Meco SN, 28805 Madrid, Spain
Patricia Villa-Díaz, María Consuelo Pintado-Delgado, Critical Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Carretera Alcalá-Meco SN, 28805 Madrid, Spain
María Loreto Fernández_Rodríguez, María Pérez-Fernández, Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Carretera Alcalá-Meco SN, 28805 Madrid, Spain
Ana Blasco-Martínez, Pathological Anatomy Department, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Carretera Alcalá-Meco SN, 28805 Madrid, Spain
Author contributions: Pérez-Cruz FG, Villa-Díaz P and Pintado-Delgado MC wrote the paper; Pérez-Cruz FG, Villa-Díaz P, Pintado-Delgado MC, Fernández_Rodríguez ML, Blasco-Martínez A and Pérez-Fernández M performed the research; Fernández_Rodríguez ML, Blasco-Martínez A and Pérez-Fernández M reviewed the current knowledge.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics and Clinical Trials Committee Principe de Asturias University Hospital.
Informed consent statement: The patient involved in this case has given written consent to report this case.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors received financial support for participating in this study.
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Correspondence to: María Consuelo Pintado-Delgado, MD, PhD, Critical Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Carretera Alcalá-Meco SN, Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain. consuelopintado@yahoo.es
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Received: January 19, 2017
Peer-review started: January 19, 2017
First decision: March 8, 2017
Revised: March 23, 2017
Accepted: April 6, 2017
Article in press: April 8, 2017
Published online: May 4, 2017
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