Calm in the midst of cytokine storm: a collaborative approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and macrophage activation syndrome

• Main Authors: Olha Halyabar (Author), Margaret H. Chang (Author), Michelle L. Schoettler (Author), Marc A. Schwartz (Author), Ezgi H. Baris (Author), Leslie A. Benson (Author), Catherine M. Biggs (Author), Mark Gorman (Author), Leslie Lehmann (Author), Mindy S. Lo (Author), Peter A. Nigrovic (Author), Craig D. Platt (Author), Gregory P. Priebe (Author), Jared Rowe (Author), Robert P. Sundel (Author), Neeraj K. Surana (Author), Katja G. Weinacht (Author), Alison Mann (Author), Jenny Chan Yuen (Author), Patricia Meleedy-Rey (Author), Amy Starmer (Author), Taruna Banerjee (Author), Fatma Dedeoglu (Author), Barbara A. Degar (Author), Melissa M. Hazen (Author), Lauren A. Henderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) were historically thought to be distinct entities, often managed in isolation. In fact, these conditions are closely related. A collaborative approach, which incorporates expertise from subspecialti...