Successful treatment of acute hepatitis A-associated hemophagocytic syndrome by intravenous immunoglobulin

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 507-510

  Tai, Chi Ming ^a   Liu, Chun Jen ^a   Yao, Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Hepatitis A virus; Immunoglobulins, intravenous

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER BIOPSY; MALAISE; MALE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; HISTIOCYTOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HEPATITIS A; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE;

EID: 24944491770     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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