Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults: A multicentre case series over 7 years

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 412-419

  Schram, Alison M ^a   Comstock, Paige ^b   Campo, Meghan ^b   Gorovets, Daniel ^c   Mullally, Ann ^a   Bodio, Kelly ^d   Arnason, Jon ^b   Berliner, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Vernon Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Haemophagocytosis; Immune activation; Macrophage activation syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETOPOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955735455     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13837     Document Type: Article

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