Macrophage activation syndrome associated with systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis [9]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 786-787

  Tristano, Antonio G ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; GOLD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCYTOPENIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 33745939365     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000223699.07877.da     Document Type: Letter

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