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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) presenting as fever of unknown origin and acute liver failure

A 51-year-old previously healthy woman presenting with two-weeks of fever, flu-like symptoms, jaundice, and abdominal pain was found to have pancytopenia, transaminitis, and significantly elevated ferritin in the setting of an Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection. Bone marrow biopsy revealed phagocyti...

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Autores principales: Lutfi, Forat, Patel, Arpan, Becker, Dawn, Shahid, Mohammad, Shah, Kairav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30191126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00413