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          • cytokine storm
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          • an overactive immune response occurring in various infectious and non-infectious diseases, characterized by the excessive production of cytokines and resulting in intense localized or generalized inflammation. Oxford English Dictionary
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          • Researchers aren’t sure what percentage of severely ill patients will die from a cytokine storm, or even why some people who are infected will go on to have this reaction, while others won’t - WebMD by
          • Like many other viruses, particularly SARS, MERS, and influenza, the cytokine storm has been used as a warning sign for clinicians to recognize disease escalation. - News Medical by
          • The combination of hyperinflammation, coagulopathy, and low platelet counts places patients with cytokine storm at high risk for spontaneous hemorrhage. - The New England Journal of Medicine by
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          • Tormenta de citoquinas
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          • Una tormenta de citoquinas o tormenta de citocinas es una reacción inmunitaria defensiva potencialmente mortal que consiste en una retroalimentación positiva entre las citocinas y las células inmunitarias, con un elevado número de aquellas (citocinas). Wikipedia - by Cecilia Gowar
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          • La tormenta de citocinas puede ser consecuencia de una infección, una afección autoinmunitaria u otra afección. A veces también ocurre después del tratamiento con algunos tipos de inmunoterapia. - cancer.gov by Cecilia Gowar
          • Coronavirus y sistema inmunológico: qué es la tormenta de citocinas que sufren algunos pacientes graves de covid-19 - BBC World by Cecilia Gowar
          • ¿Qué tan relevante es la “tormenta de citoquinas” en la patogenia de COVID-19? - Fundación Femeba by Cecilia Gowar
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          • Цитокиновый шторм или гиперцитокинемия
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          • Цитокиновый шторм или гиперцитокинемия — потенциально летальная реакция иммунной системы, характеризуемая быстрой пролиферацией и повышенной активностью T-клеток, макрофагов и естественных киллеров с высвобождением защитными клетками различных воспалительных цитокинов и химических медиаторов ru.wikipedia.org - by Lesia Kutsenko
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          • "Цитокиновый шторм" - воспалительная реакция в организме, при которой уровень цитокинов в крови резко возрастает - biochemmack by Lesia Kutsenko
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