Successful treatment of cytomegalovirus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome by intravenous immunoglobulins

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-162

  Hot, Arnaud ^a   Madoux, Marie Hélène Girard ^a   Viard, Jean P ^b   Coppéré, Brigitte ^a   Ninet, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; NIGHT SWEAT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RASH; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BONE MARROW CELLS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC;

EID: 38349093660     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21008     Document Type: Article

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