Atypical features of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4610-4612

  Busiello, Rosanna ^b   Adriani, Marsilio ^b   Locatelli, Franco ^b   Galgani, Mario ^b   Fimiani, Giorgia ^b   Clementi, Rita ^b   Ursini, Matilde Valeria ^b   Racioppi, Luigi ^b   Pignata, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL GENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2942627114     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-10-3551     Document Type: Article

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