Databases such as PubMed, and the authors' personal libraries, were searched using terms such as “ADAMTS13”, “atypical HUS”, “complement”, “hemolytic uremic syndrome ...

Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a devastating, life-threatening thrombotic microangiopathy characterized by the triad of thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and renal failure. The ...

In adults, the hemolytic-uremic syndrome is often associated with pregnancy. The similarity to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura has suggested to some that the conditions may be related.