Hemophagocytic syndrome with hyperferritinemia: A stormy immunological response

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 187-188

  Zandman Goddard, Gisele ^a,b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^b,c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (cAPS); Cytokine storm; Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC); Hemophagocytic syndrome; Hyperferritinemia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETOPOSIDE; FERRITIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CYTOKINE STORM; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; SEPSIS;

AMPUTATION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 84876553178     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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