Search for dissertations about: "hemophagocytosis in bone marrow"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words hemophagocytosis in bone marrow.
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1. Hyperinflammation in critically ill
Abstract : Background: A wide spectrum of inflammatory responses, with overlapping characteristics, is encountered in critically ill patients in intensive care. At one extreme, critically ill patients may develop the potentially fatal condition secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH), characterized by excessive inflammation (hyperinflammation), driven by a ‘cytokine storm’, and multiple organ failure. READ MORE
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2. Genetic and cellular studies of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Abstract : Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is a rare autosomal recessive and genetically heterogeneous disorder of immune dysregulation with an incidence of 1/50000 live births that is inevitably fatal without appropriate treatment. The disease is characterized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenias, hyperferritinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypofibrinogenemia and, sometimes, hemophagocytosis in bone marrow and/or other organs such as liver, spleen or lymph nodes. READ MORE
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3. Clinical studies of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Abstract : Background and aims: The term hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) comprises two main disease entities: the primary, familial form (FHL) and an acquired, secondary form (sHLH). FHL is autosomal recessive in inheritance, typically affects very young children and is almost invariably fatal unless treated. READ MORE