Pancytopenia resulting from hemophagocytosis in malaria

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1086-1088

  Zvulunov, Alex ^a,b   Tamary, Hannah ^c,d   Gal, Nathan ^a  

^a Clalit Health Services   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Pediatric Hematology Oncology   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hemophagocytosis; Malaria; Pancytopenia

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALARIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEFLOQUINE; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMAQUINE;

EID: 0036845654     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200211000-00028     Document Type: Article

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