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SUBMITTER: Benevenuta C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benevenuta Chiara C Mussinatto Ilaria I Orsi Cecilia C Timeus Fabio S FS
Experimental and therapeutic medicine 20230717 3
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, life-threatening condition characterized by hyperinflammation in an uncontrolled and ineffective immune response. Despite great improvement in diagnosis and treatment, it still represents a challenge in clinical management, with poor prognosis in the absence of an aggressive therapeutic approach. The present literature review focuses on secondary HLH at pediatric age, which represents a heterogeneous group in terms of etiology and therapeutic a ...[more]