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A serious complication of childhood systemic inflammatory disorders that is thought to be caused by excessive activation and proliferation of T-LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES. It is seen predominantly in children with systemic onset JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS.
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- Syndrome, Macrophage Activation
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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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2009
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- Macrophage Activation (1989-2008)
- Syndrome (1989-2001)
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- National Library of Medicine. Macrophage Activation Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055501. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055501
- Macrophage Activation Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrophage_activation_syndrome
- Macrophage Activation Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6725504