macrophage activation syndrome and rheumatic disease Archives

Abstract Number: 2014 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Next Generation Sequencing Analysis of Familial Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Related Genes in Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) and Secondary HLH (sHLH)
Chiara Passarelli¹, Manuela Pardeo², Ivan Caiello³, Elisa Pisaneschi¹, Antonella Insalaco², Francesca Minoia⁴, Andrea Taddio⁵, Francesco Licciardi⁶, Antonio Novelli¹, Fabrizio De Benedetti⁷ and Claudia Bracaglia², ¹Unit of Medical Genetics, Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ³Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy, ⁴Reumatologia Pediatrica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, ⁶SCDU Pediatria II, Immunoreumatologia, Ospedale Pediatrico Regina Margherita, Turin, Italy, ⁷IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), a severe complication of pediatric rheumatic disease, is currently classified among the secondary forms of HLH (sHLH). Primary HLH (pHLH)…

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