Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a recurrent and specific complication of acute erythroid leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 669-672

  Yamazaki, Sho ^a   Nakamura, Fumihiko ^a   Nasu, Ryo ^a   Nannya, Yasuhito ^a   Ichikawa, Motoshi ^a   Kurokawa, Mineo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute erythroid leukaemia; Complex karyotype; Elderly male; Far East area; Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE ERYTHROID LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AGED; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALAISE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH EXCESS BLASTS;

AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79955742644     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08544.x     Document Type: Letter

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