Pre- and post-natal treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Ami J Shah1, Neena Kapoor, Robert M Cooper

  • 1Division of Research Immunology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California 90027, USA. ashah@chla.usc.edu

Pediatric Blood & Cancer
|September 27, 2008
PubMed

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of infancy and childhood that is invariably fatal if not treated. We report on the first patient to receive post-natal HSCT for HLH after receiving in utero chemotherapy for disease stabilization.