Macrophage activation syndrome/hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Kawasaki disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-

  Simonini, Gabriele ^a   Pagnini, Ilaria ^a   Innocenti, Letizia ^a   Battista Calabri, Giovanni ^a   De Martino, Maurizio ^a   Cimaz, Rolando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ETOPOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; NOTE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 77956113583     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22630     Document Type: Letter

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