Hemophagocytic syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 278-280

  Kumakura, Shunichi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Hemophagocytic syndrome; SARS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETOPOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 18644373291     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.278     Document Type: Editorial

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