EPSTEIN–BARR VIRUS-ASSOCIATED HAEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH JUVENILE CHRONIC ARTHRITIS

1 May 1994

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology

Vol. 33 (5) , 495-497
https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/33.5.495

Abstract

We describe a case of reactive haemophagocytic syndrome (RHS) in a patient with previous polyarticular juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA). This is the first reported association of these conditions and may be indicative of defective immunological responses to viral infections in this form of JCA.

Keywords

EPSTEIN–BARR VIRUS
HAEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME
JUVENILE CHRONIC ARTHRITIS
ACQUIRED COAGULATION DISORDER
INTERFERON-Α
ACYCLOVIR

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