Case 32. Eosinophilia: Reactive or neoplastic?

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-176

  Fletcher, Sarah ^a   Abdalla, Saad ^a,b   Edwards, Matthew ^c   Bain, Barbara ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c North West Thames Regional Genetics Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC LEUKEMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MYALGIA; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRISOMY 8; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHROMOSOME 8; GENETICS; TRISOMY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, REFRACTORY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; TRISOMY;

EID: 34247196658     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190600834396     Document Type: Article

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