Reactive hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Erduran, Erol ^a   Cakir, Murat ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FERRITINS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC;

EID: 77957326615     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.08.011     Document Type: Letter

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