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Descriptor English: Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Activación Macrofágica
Descriptor síndrome de activación de macrófagos
Entry term(s) síndrome de activación del macrófago
Scope note: Grave complicación de los trastornos inflamatorios sistémicos de la niñez, probablemente causada por la activación y proliferación excesiva de LINFOCITOS T y MACRÓFAGOS. Se observa predominantemente en niños con inicio sistémico de una ARTRITIS IDIOPÁTICA JUVENIL. 
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome de Ativação Macrofágica
Descriptor French: Syndrome d'activation macrophagique
Entry term(s): Syndrome, Macrophage Activation
Tree number(s): C20.683.515.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055501
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Macrophage Activation (1989-2008)
Syndrome (1989-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53106
Unique ID: D055501
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Macrophage Activation Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0518045
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Entry term(s) Syndrome, Macrophage Activation



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