Abstracts tagged "immunosuppressants and macrophage activation syndrome"

Abstract Number: 1147 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Macrophage Activation Syndrome or Acquired Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adults: Demographics, Clinical Characteristics, and Survivorship in an American Academic Medical Center
Seema Malkana¹ and Irene Tan², ¹Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Section of Rheumatology, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Macrophage Activation Syndrome, also known as acquired Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in adults, is an immune-mediated systemic inflammatory state. It is associated with multisystem organ failure…