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Familial Mediterranean Fever After Cord Blood Transplantation for Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Nov 2021
Igarashi Keita, Hori Tsukasa, Yamamoto Masaki, Hatakeyama Naoki, Iesato Kotoe, Takebayashi Akira, Kizawa Toshitaka, Miyamae Takako, Kawamoto Manabu, Kawasaki Yukihiko
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disorder accompanied by periodic fever and sterile serositis. We report a 5-year-old boy with FMF, who underwent second unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) for recurrent familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Periodic attacks of fever and abdominal pain started 6 months after CBT. He was diagnosed with FMF according to the...
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