Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: Forget me not!

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  David, A ^a   Iaria, C ^b   Giordano, S ^c   Iaria, M ^d   Cascio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Infectious Diseases Unit Azienda Ospedaliera Piemonte Papardo   (Italy)

^c Infettive ARNAS Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; HLH; Pancytopenia; Transplant

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FATALITY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HERPES VIRUS; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84867630804     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00770.x     Document Type: Letter

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