Sudden death of a patient with primary hypereosinophilia, colon tumours, and pulmonary emboli

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 541-543

  Uemura, K ^a   Nakajima, M ^a   Yamauchi, N ^a   Fukayama, M ^a   Yoshida, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 2442530850     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.015321     Document Type: Article

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