A practical workup for eosinophilia: You can investigate the most likely causes right in your office

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-210

  Brigden, Malcolm L ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DANTROLENE; GOLD DERIVATIVE; MEBENDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PURINOL; TIABENDAZOLE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ATOPY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032925398     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.03.638     Document Type: Review

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