Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with hepatitis A
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hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis-a rare complication of hepatitis a virus infection
introduction hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (hlh) is a heterogeneous group of clinical syndromes characterized by activation and subsequent uncontrolled non-malignant proliferation of t-lymphocytes, histiocytes and macrophages leading to a cytokine storm and manifesting as prolonged fever, organomegaly, cytopenia, hyperferritinemia and demonstrable hemophagocytosis in the bone marrow. concl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Hematology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1658-5127
DOI: 10.4103/1658-5127.127903