Clinical features of adult patients with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis from causes other than lymphoma: An analysis of treatment outcome and prognostic factors

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 897-904

  Park, Han Seung ^a   Kim, Dae Young ^a   Lee, Je Hwan ^a   Lee, Jung Hee ^a   Kim, Sung Doo ^a   Park, Young Hun ^a   Lee, Jae Seok ^a   Kim, Bo Youn ^a   Jeon, Mijin ^a   Kang, Young Ah ^a   Lee, Young Shin ^a   Seol, Miee ^a   Lee, Yeon Joo ^a   Lim, Young Suk ^a   Jang, Seongsoo ^a   Park, Chan Jeoung ^a   Chi, Hyun Sook ^a   Lee, Kyoo Hyung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FIBRINOGEN; FLUDARABINE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862682684     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-011-1380-3     Document Type: Article

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