Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome: A Clinical Case Series of 21 Patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 533-537

  Philen, Rossanne M ^a   Eidson, Millicent ^b   Kilbourne, Edwin M ^a   Sewell, C Mack ^b   Voorhees, Ron ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Office of Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PREDNISONE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME;

BIOPSY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEW MEXICO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNDROME; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0026071701     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1991.00400030083015     Document Type: Article

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