
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell immunotherapy‑associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: Pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management compared with cytokine release syndrome (Review)
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- Jinglin Hu
- Cuicui Feng
- Lingbo He
- Yini Wang
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Affiliations: Department of Hematology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, P.R. China, Department of General Practice, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China - Published online on: May 26, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2025.13578
- Article Number: 213
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Copyright: © Hu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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