Non-fatal haemophagocytic syndrome in an elderly patient

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 522-524

  Soiza, Roy L ^a   Ghosh, Sharmistha ^a   McAlpine, J Kenneth ^a   Vickers, Mark A ^b  

^a WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Haemophagocytic syndrome; Haemophagocytosis; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; FLUOXETINE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TERAZOSIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART SOUND; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; MALE;

EID: 24644521549     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi130     Document Type: Article

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