Hyperferritinemia as the diagnostic clue in life-threatening hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 318-321

  Kerzel, S ^a   Zemlin, M ^a   Komhoff M ^a,b   Klaus, G ^a   Maier, R F ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Fever of unknown origin; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Hyperferritinemia; Macrophage activation syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIARRHEA; DISORIENTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAPRYLATES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77949745791     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1104596     Document Type: Article

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