Macrophage Activation Syndrome
"Macrophage Activation Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
Descriptor ID |
D055501
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MeSH Number(s) |
C20.683.515.800
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