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SUBMITTER: Sheng L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6379998 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sheng Lingshuang L Zhang Wei W Gu Jia J Shen Kefeng K Luo Hui H Yang Yang Y
BMC medical genetics 20190219 1
<h4>Background</h4>Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a life-threatening disease resulting from primary or secondary hyper-inflammatory disorders. The typical symptoms include persistent fever, splenomegaly, cytopenia and significant elevation of serum ferritin.<h4>Case presentation</h4>We report a 30-year-old Chinese female patient who was diagnosed with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection more than 9 months prior and has since been presenting with cutaneous lymphoproliferative diso ...[more]