Neuroradiologic findings and follow-up with magnetic resonance imaging of the genetic forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with CNS involvement

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 810-814

  Rego, Ines ^a   Severino, Mariasavina ^a   Micalizzi, Concetta ^a   Faraci, Maura ^a   Pende, Daniela ^b   Dufour, Carlo ^a   Aricò, Maurizio ^c   Rossi, Andrea ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Genetic immune deficiency syndromes; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857870231     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23405     Document Type: Article

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