Fatal Loeffler's endocarditis due to hypereosinophilic syndrome

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 920-923

  Chao, Bo H ^a   Cline Parhamovich, Karen ^a   Grizzard, John D ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; HYDROXYUREA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTIVITAMIN; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOLTERODINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATELECTASIS; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; LOEFFLER ENDOCARDITIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34848885521     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20933     Document Type: Article

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