Childhood idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome: Report of a case

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-126

  Kao, Chun Chieh ^a   Ou, Liang Shiou ^a   Lin, Shy Jae ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; HYPOTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0036623701     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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