Clonal T-helper lymphocytes and elevated IL-5 levels in episodic angioedema and eosinophilia (Gleich's syndrome)

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1623-1625

  Morgan, Susan J ^a   Prince, H Miles ^a   Westerman, D A David A ^a   McCormack, Christopher ^a   Glaspole, Ian ^b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

(IL 5); Eosinophilia; Episodic angioedema; Interleukin 5; T cell clonality

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CLONE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; GLEICH SYNDROME; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CLONE CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINS; SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0037560228     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000083073     Document Type: Article

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