Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis mimicking septic shock

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 835-

  Besset, Sébastien ^a,b   Schnell, David ^a,b   Azoulay, Élie ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETOPOSIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; APACHE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLENOMEGALY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84857961723     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2717     Document Type: Letter

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