Hemophagocytic syndrome in malaria and kala-azar

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 348-350

  Pahwa, Ruma ^a,b   Singh, Tejinder ^a   Khurana, Nita ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Hemophagocytic syndrome; Kala azar; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; ALPHA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; ETOPOSIDE; FERRITIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL HEMOPHAGOCYTOSIS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALARIA; MALE; MYCOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REACTIVE HEMOPHAGOCYTOSIS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS INFECTION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644806039     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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