Tuberculosis-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in a hemodialysis patient: Case report and review of the literature

Nephron

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 690-692

  Yang, Chul Woo ^a   Lee, Je Hoon ^a   Kim, Yong Goo ^a   Kim, Young Ok ^a   Lee, Seung Hun ^a   Kim, Byung Kee ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029988323     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000188963     Document Type: Article

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