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Contemporary diagnostic methods for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytic disorders.
Journal of immunological methods - 1 Feb 2011
Johnson Theodore S, Villanueva Joyce, Filipovich Alexandra H, Marsh Rebecca A, Bleesing Jack J
Abstract excerpt
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a life-threatening multi-system hyperinflammatory disorder characterized by dysfunctional cytolytic lymphocyte responses, hypercytokinemia, and widespread lymphohistiocytic tissue infiltration and destruction. Diagnosis and definitive therapy are often delayed as clinical efforts are directed toward treatment of presumed overwhelming infection. Sporadic cases occur in...
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