Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in association with granular lymphocyte proliferative disorders in early childhood: Characteristic bone marrow morphology

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 708-714

  Imashuku, Shinsaku ^a   Hibi, Shigeyoshi ^a   Morinaga, Shingo ^b   Takagi, Kazutaka ^b   Chen, Jiming ^c   Mugishima, Hideo ^c   Ishii, Takefumi ^d   Sako, Masahiro ^d   Arakawa, Hirokazu ^e   Kato, Masahiko ^e  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Osaka General Hospital   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

clonal disease; cytokine; haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; large granular lymphocyte proliferative disorders; natural killer activity

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; BLEOMYCIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8044246599     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-2082.x     Document Type: Article

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