Pathognomonic serum cytokine profiles identify life-threatening langerhans cell histiocytosis

Br J Haematol. 2017 Feb;176(3):495-497. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13970. Epub 2016 Apr 7.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
² Department of Paediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.

PMID: 27062281
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13970

No abstract available

Keywords: sTNFR; IL18; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; cytokine profile; haemophagocytic syndrome.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Cytokines / metabolism*
Female
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology*
Humans
Male
Young Adult

Substances

Cytokines