Association of Crohn's disease, thiopurines, and primary Epstein-Barr virus infection with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 808-812

  Biank, Vincent F ^a   Sheth, Mehul K ^a   Talano, Julie ^a   Margolis, David ^a   Simpson, Pippa ^b   Kugathasan, Subra ^c   Stephens, Michael ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD; Crohn's disease; EBNA; EBV; Epstein Barr nuclear antigen; Epstein Barr Virus; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; HLH; IBD; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; AZATHIOPRINE; CROHN DISEASE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FERRITINS; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; TRIGLYCERIDES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 80054753242     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.04.045     Document Type: Article

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