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Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) been defined as the simultaneous occurrence of acute renal failure in children with haemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. This clinical condition that has been recognized is an important cause of acute renal failure in children.1
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Kishore, K., Rattan, A., Manju, N. et al. Failure to isolate verotoxin producingEscherichia Coli from patients of Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Indian J Pediatr 59, 305–307 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02821794
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