A case report of successful treatment with plasma exchange for hemophagocytic syndrome associated with severe systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in an infant girl

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-76

  Nakakura, Hyogo ^a   Ashida, Akira ^a   Matsumura, Hideki ^a   Murata, Takuji ^a   Nagatoya, Katsuyuki ^a   Shibahara, Nobuhisa ^a   Inoue, Toru ^a   Tamai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Plasma exchange; Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; JAPANESE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62149149099     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2009.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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