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Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Siblings
Eun Sook Lee, Ji Eun Choi, Dug Ha Kim, Hae Ran Lee, Chong Young Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(3):428-434.   Published online March 15, 1995
Familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis(FEL) is an uncommon disorder characterized by multi-organ infiltration with phagocytic histiocytes and macrophages. It is a familial discorder presenting during infancy or young childhood with fever, hepartosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, bleeding diathesis, hypertriglyceridemia and neurologic manifestations. The course of the disease is extremely lethal and diagnosis of the disease during lifetime is very difficult. Exact diagnosis can only be...
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