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Recognising macrophage activation syndrome
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A profound drop in platelets indicates macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in rheumatic disease in children. This is just one observation by Sawhney et al to emerge from a retrospective review over 20 years in a tertiary paediatric rheumatology unit.
The review of nine children—the largest reported series so far—presents …