Hemophagocytic syndrome and acute pancreatitis in acute systemic lupus erythematosus

• Main Authors: Bushra Alblewi (Author), Iqbal A. Bukhari (Author), Manal Hasan (Author), Abdulaziz Alzahani (Author), Raed Bukhari (Author), Layla Bashawri (Author), Muhammad Al Shawarby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is characterized by the activation of histiocytes with prominent hemophagocytosis in bone marrow and other reticuloendothelial systems. It has two forms: primary and secondary. The precise pathogenesis of HPS is unclear but a dysregulation of macrophage-lymphocyte inter...