The hypereosinophilic syndrome: Analysis of fourteen cases with review of the literature

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1975, Pages 1-27

  Chusid, Michael J ^a   Dale, David C ^a   West, Burton C ^a   Wolff, Sheldon M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ANEMIA; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW; CARDIOMEGALY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HEPATOMEGALY; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHY; RASH; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; SEX FACTORS; SKIN MANIFESTATIONS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0016430025     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-197501000-00001     Document Type: Article

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