Splenectomy for an adult patient with refractory secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 432-435

  Zhang, Li Juan ^a   Zhang, Su Jiang ^a   Xu, Ji ^a   Li, Jian Yong ^a   Wang, Ling Ling ^a   Hu, Yi Xin ^a   Qiu, Hong Xia ^a   Shu, Yong Qian ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Splenectomy; Underlying disease

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LESION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 80052670270     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: 19506007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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