A case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with prolonged remission after syngeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-427

  Hasegawa, D ^a   Sano, K ^a   Kosaka, Y ^a   Hayakawa, A ^a   Nakamura, H ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Syngeneic bone marrow transplantation

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; LIVER ENZYME; MYELOABLATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032781038     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701917     Document Type: Article

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