Atypical hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following bacterial tonsillitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1247-1248

  Kakihara, Toshio ^a   Imai, Chihaya ^a   Kaneko, Takayuki ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Uchiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Leukemia; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MERCAPTOPURINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LABORATORY TEST; MACROPHAGE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TONSILLITIS;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHILD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; PANCYTOPENIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0037648701     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000079078     Document Type: Article

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