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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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          • Цитокинска олуја
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          • Цитокинска олуја је процес у коме наш имунолошки систем у сусрету са непознатим вирусом реагује претераним умножавањем ћелија имунолошког система које луче цитокине, а који пак активирају нове ћелије овог система. https://rs.n1info.com/zdravlje/ - by Slobodan Kozarčić
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          • Многи имунолози сматрају да терапеутска контрола цитокинске олује може бити од великог значаја код KОВИД-19 пацијената са најтежом клиничком сликом. Због тока су у току различите клиничке студије како у Европи тако и у САД како би се утврдила ефикасност антиинфламаторних лекова који се користе код неких болести као нпр. реуматоидног артритиса. - https://www.nedeljnik.rs/ by Slobodan Kozarčić
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