Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of adult hemophagocytic syndrome patients: A retrospective study of increasing awareness of a disease from a single-center in China

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Fei ^a   Yang, Yijun ^b   Jin, Fengyan ^c   Dehoedt, Casey ^d   Rao, Jia ^a   Zhou, Yulan ^a   Li, Pu ^a   Yang, Ganping ^a   Wang, Min ^e   Zhang, Rongyan ^a   Yang, Ye ^e  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH); Laboratory tests; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GANCICLOVIR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VINCRISTINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVE NK CELL LEUKEMIA; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NK T CELL LYMPHOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SPECTRUM; SPLENOMEGALY; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHINA; CYCLOSPORINE; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928729463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13023-015-0224-y     Document Type: Article

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