Reactive hemophagocytic syndrome associated with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura during therapeutic plasma exchange

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-162

  Kfoury Baz, Elizabeth M ^a   Mikati, Abdel Razzak A ^a   Kanj, Nadim A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Reactive hemophagocytosis syndrome; Therapeutic plasma exchange; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 0036251485     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2002.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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