Heart Disease and the Eosinophil

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 323, Issue 22, 1990, Pages 1560-1561

  Parrillo, Joseph E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYUREA;

EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHIL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0025200940     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199011293232211     Document Type: Editorial

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