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Abstract
A severe immune reaction characterized by excessive release of CYTOKINES. Symptoms include DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; RASH; TACHYCARDIA; HYPOXIA; HYPERFERRITINEMIA, and MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE. It is associated with viral infections, SEPSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES and a variety of factors used in IMMUNOTHERAPY.
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- Cytokine Storm Syndrome
- Hypercytokinemia
- Cytokine Release Syndromes
- Hypercytokinemias
- Cytokine Storm
- Cytokine Storms
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2020
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- Cytokines(1991-2019)
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic(1982-2019)
- Syndrome(1991-2019)
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- National Library of Medicine. Cytokine Release Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080424. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080424
- Cytokine Release Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_release_syndrome
- Cytokine Release Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3961647