Hypereosinophilia and markedly elevated immunoglobulin E in a 3-year- old child

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 371-376

  Thakur, Binod K ^a,b   Murali, M R ^a   New, Daniel ^a   Smith, Thomas H ^a   Volkman, David ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Vincent Family Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; INFECTION RISK; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0031860527     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62985-7     Document Type: Article

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