Abstracts tagged "Macrophage activation syndrome and treatment"

Abstract Number: 73 • Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium 2017
Factors Associated with Etoposide Usage in Children with Macrophage Activation Syndrome Complicating Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
AnnaCarin Horne¹, Francesca Minoia², Randy Q. Cron³ and Angelo Ravelli⁴, ¹Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Although macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) has been reported in association with almost all rheumatic diseases, it is by far most common in systemic juvenile…