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Preferred Name

Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Synonyms

Hemophagocytic Syndrome

Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Primary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

FHLH

fHLH

Definitions

A rare, life-threatening disorder usually appearing during the first few months of life. It is caused by abnormalities in the PRF1, UNC13D, and STX11 genes. It is characterized by histiocytic proliferation and phagocytosis. Patients present with fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61276

code

C61276

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C192842

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118168

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C165258

Contributing_Source

Cellosaurus

CTRP

DEFINITION

A rare, life-threatening disorder usually appearing during the first few months of life. It is caused by abnormalities in the PRF1, UNC13D, and STX11 genes. It is characterized by histiocytic proliferation and phagocytosis. Patients present with fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly.

Display_Name

Primary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

FULL_SYN

Hemophagocytic Syndrome

Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Primary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

FHLH

fHLH

label

Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Legacy Concept Name

Hemophagocytic_Syndrome

Familiar_Hemophagocytic_Lymphohistiocytosis

Preferred_Name

Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C61276

Related_To_Genetic_Biomarker

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C97739

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C114613

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C114618

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C114622

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0272199

C3887558

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C34792

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