Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with visceral leishmaniasis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 359-361

  Tapisiz, Anil ^a,b   Belet, Nurşen ^a   Çiftçi, Ergin ^a   Ince, Erdal ^a   Doǧru, Ülker ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Hemophagocytosis; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA;

EID: 36248979209     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm024     Document Type: Article

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