A case of recurrent hemophagocytic syndrome complicated with systemic sclerosis: Relationship between disease activity and serum level of IL-18

Ryumachi

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 659-664

  Tochimoto, A ^a   Nishimagi, E ^a   Kawaguchi, Y ^a   Kobashigawa, T ^a   Okamoto, H ^a   Harigai, M ^a   Terai, C ^a   Hara, M ^a   Kamatani, N ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferritinemia; Hemophagocytic syndrome; IL 18; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 18; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0034916725     PISSN: 03009157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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