Imaging characteristics of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 392-401

  Fitzgerald, Nancy E ^a   McClain, Kenneth L ^b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Bone marrow transplant; Epstein Barr virus (EBV); Gallbladder wall thickening; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Hepatosplenomegaly; Kawasaki disease; Perioportal echogenicity; Periventricular white matter; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ETOPOSIDE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BONE DISEASE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONG BONE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037528195     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0894-9     Document Type: Article

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