Should 2016 Criteria for Macrophage Activation Syndrome be applied in children with Kawasaki disease, as well as with systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2016, Pages e44-

  Han, Seung Beom ^a   Lee, Soo Young ^a   Jeong, Dae Chul ^a   Kang, Jin Han ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; CHILD; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 84961778362     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209395     Document Type: Letter

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