Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with anaplasmosis

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with anaplasmosis

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory syndrome characterized by unregulated macrophage and T-lymphocyte activation resulting in cytokine overproduction and subsequent histiocytic phagocytosis. Variant infections, particularly viruses have been postulated as the inciting fac...

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Main Authors: Tamara M Johnson, Melinda S Brown, Mohamed Rabbat, Jihad Slim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Anaplasmosis
hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
hemophagocytic syndrome
Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2017;volume=9;issue=2;spage=76;epage=78;aulast=Johnson

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