Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with hepatitis A: case report and literature review Síndrome hemofagocitária associada com hepatite A: relato de caso e revisão da literatura

Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with hepatitis A: case report and literature review Síndrome hemofagocitária associada com hepatite A: relato de caso e revisão da literatura

Virus-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome (VAHS) is a severe hematological disorder related to some viral infections. It is an illness characterized by persistent fever, pancytopenia, splenomegaly, hyperferritinemia and, the most important, hemophagocytosis observed in the bone marrow, liver and/or l...

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Main Authors: Felipe Francisco Tuon, Virginia Soares Gomes, Valdir Sabbaga Amato, Maria Esther Graf, Guilherme Henrique Hencklain Fonseca, Carolina Lazari, Antonio Carlos Nicodemo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Hemophagocytic syndrome
Hemophagocytosis
Viral-associated hemophagocytic syndrome
Hepatitis A virus
Intravenous immunoglobulin
Thrombocytopenia
Pancytopenia
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