We describe a 32-year-old man with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) who presented with pulmonary dysfunction, thrombocytopenia, lymphadenopathy, and hepatospienomegaiy. The patient developed progressive disease on prednlsone and hydroxyurea therapy, and he underwent a successful ailogenei
Transient demyelinating neurologic lesions in a patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
✍ Scribed by Javier Grau; Josep-María Ribera; Helen Gelpí; Patricia Cuadras
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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