Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Immunoglobulin Responsive Macrophage Activation Syndrome
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Association of Macrophage Activating Syndrome with Castleman’s Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Macrophage Activating Syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening disease seen in autoimmune diseases including lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Still's disease, polyarteritis nodosa. It is characterized by fever, pancytopenia, liver failure, coagulopathy, and neurologic symptoms and high serum ferritin. A 27 yr. old female patient was admitted in shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital (Tehran-Ira...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Rheumatology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2148-5046,2618-6500
DOI: 10.5606/archrheumatol.2019.6936