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Your critical care patient may have HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis)

Authors: Rafal Machowicz, Gritta Janka, Wieslaw Wiktor-Jedrzejczak

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2016

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Among various actions taken to improve the prognosis of critical care patients, an important step is including hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH; hemophagocytic syndrome) in the differential diagnosis. …

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Title: Your critical care patient may have HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis)
Authors: Rafal Machowicz
Gritta Janka
Wieslaw Wiktor-Jedrzejczak
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1369-3

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