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SUBMITTER: Khoury P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5743906 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khoury Paneez P Makiya Michelle M Klion Amy D AD
Frontiers in medicine 20171222
Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) are rare, heterogeneous syndromes characterized by markedly elevated eosinophil counts in the blood and/or tissue and evidence of eosinophil-associated pathology. Although parasitic infections, drug hypersensitivity, and other disorders of defined etiology can present as HES (associated HES), treatment is directed at the underlying cause rather than the eosinophilia itself. A number of additional subtypes of HES have been described, based on clinical and laborat ...[more]