Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
"Hypereosinophilic Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heterogeneous group of disorders with the common feature of prolonged eosinophilia of unknown cause and associated organ system dysfunction, including the heart, central nervous system, kidneys, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and skin. There is a massive increase in the number of EOSINOPHILS in the blood, mimicking leukemia, and extensive eosinophilic infiltration of the various organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D017681
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.378.553.231.549
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome- Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
- Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
- Syndrome, Hypereosinophilic
- Syndromes, Hypereosinophilic
Leukemia, Eosinophilic- Leukemia, Eosinophilic
- Eosinophilic Leukemia
- Eosinophilic Leukemias
- Leukemias, Eosinophilic
Loeffler's Endocarditis- Loeffler's Endocarditis
- Loefflers Endocarditis
- Endocarditis, Loeffler's
- Endocarditis, Loefflers
- Loeffler Endocarditis
- Endocarditis, Loeffler
Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome- Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
- Hypereosinophilic Syndromes, Idiopathic
- Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
- Syndrome, Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic
- Syndromes, Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic
- Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Idiopathic
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypereosinophilic Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Eosinophilic endocarditis and Strongyloides stercoralis. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Aug 01; 112(3):461-2.
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Successful treatment of refractory idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with etoposide. Am J Ther. 2009 Jan-Feb; 16(1):68-70.