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MeSH Heading: Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C15.378.553.231.549
Unique ID: D017681
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017681
Annotation: do not confuse entry term LOEFFLER'S ENDOCARDITIS with LOEFFLER SYNDROME see PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Endocarditis, Loeffler; Endocarditis, Loeffler's; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Idiopathic; Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome; Leukemia, Eosinophilic; Loeffler Endocarditis; Loeffler's Endocarditis
Previous Indexing: Eosinophilia (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0026740
Terms: Loeffler's Endocarditis Preferred Term
Term UI T052890
Date08/04/1992
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Endocarditis, Loeffler
Term UI T839569
Date04/01/2013
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Endocarditis, Loeffler's
Term UI T052889
Date08/04/1992
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Loeffler Endocarditis
Term UI T839568
Date04/01/2013
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2014)

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