An exclusive case of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia in association with Kikuchi's disease and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and a review of the literature

Leukemia Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1299-1303

  Gerritsen, Annemieke ^a   Lam, King ^b   Marion Schneider, E ^c   van den Heuvel Eibrink, Marry M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune phenomena; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; Kikuchi's disease

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747128842     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.12.027     Document Type: Article

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