Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A case series

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 526-531

  Mathew, Leni Grace ^a   Cherian, Thomas ^a   Sudarshanam, Annie ^a   Korah, Ipeson ^a   Kumar N K , Shyam ^a   Raghupathy, P ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034188725     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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