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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1972;15(4):326-331. Published online April 30, 1972.

Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

Jae Seung Lee¹, Chang Joon Ko¹, Duk Jin Yun¹, Yoo Bock Lee²

¹"Department of Pediatrics Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome is a relatively new disease found in infants rather than in older children. The incidence of this disease has increased in recent years. Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome is a fatal illness characterized clinically by acute renal failure, thromboc- ytopenia and hemolytic anemia associated with distorted erythrocytes (Burr cells). A case of Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome in a 10 months old male patient diagnosed in 1970, the first in Korea, has been presented. The patient died on the 10th hospital day and the autopsy findings con- firmed the diagnosis of Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome. A literature review was made on this subject.

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