Hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting as acute myocardial infarction in an adolescent

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-

  D'Orazio, John ^a   Pulliam, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMATINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL BIOPSY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79952574851     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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