Viral infections associated with haemoph
β
Nadine Rouphael Maakaroun; Abeer Moanna; Jesse T Jacob; Helmut Albrecht
π
Article
π
2010
π
John Wiley and Sons
π
English
β 138 KB
## Abstract Haemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) or haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease caused by a dysfunction of cytotoxic T cells and NK cells. This T cell/NK cell dysregulation causes an aberrant cytokine release, resulting in proliferation/activation of histiocytes with subse