Metastatic carcinoma presenting with concomitant eosinophilia and thromboembolism

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-101

  Fridlender, Zvi G ^b   Simon, Hans Uwe ^a   Shalit, Meir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cytokines; Eosinophilia; Malignancy; Paraneoplasia; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYUREA; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISSEMINATED CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0043028591     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200308000-00008     Document Type: Article

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