Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
"Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition of HEMORRHAGE and NECROSIS of the ADRENAL GLAND. It is characterized by rapidly developing ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; HYPOTENSION; and widespread cutaneous PURPURA.
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D014884
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.200.500.550.800 C01.252.400.625.549.449.800 C10.228.228.180.500.750.500 C10.228.614.280.505.904 C15.378.100.802.843 C15.378.463.950 C19.053.500.740 C23.550.414.950.843 C23.888.885.687.843
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| Concept/Terms |
Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome- Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
- Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome
- Purpura Fulminans (Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome)
- Waterhouse-Friederichsen Syndrome
- Waterhouse Friederichsen Syndrome
Meningococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome- Meningococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
- Meningococcal Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome
- Syndrome, Meningococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen
- Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome, Meningococcal
- Fulminant Meningococcal Sepsis with Adrenal Apoplexy
- Meningococcal Hemorrhagic Adrenalitis
- Adrenalitides, Meningococcal Hemorrhagic
- Adrenalitis, Meningococcal Hemorrhagic
- Hemorrhagic Adrenalitides, Meningococcal
- Hemorrhagic Adrenalitis, Meningococcal
- Meningococcal Hemorrhagic Adrenalitides
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Staphylococcus aureus sepsis and the Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in children. N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 22; 353(12):1245-51.