Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome misdiagnosed as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Spergel, Amanda Rudman ^a   Walkovich, Kelly ^b   Price, Susan ^a   Niemela, Julie E ^c   Wright, Dowain ^d   Fleisher, Thomas A ^c   Rao, V Koneti ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alps; Apoptosis; Cytopenias; Hlh; Lymphadenopathy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FAS LIGAND; GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CYTOPENIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAS GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSPLENISM; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PANCYTOPENIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERAPY DELAY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COMPLICATION; INFANT; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC;

AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC;

EID: 84887122757     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2748     Document Type: Article

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