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Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Hypereosinophilic syndrome: Introduction

Hypereosinophilic syndrome: A rare condition where too many eosinophils are produced over an extended period of time for no apparent reason. The eosinophils can infiltrate various organs and tissues and cause dysfunction or damage. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hypereosinophilic syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of Hypereosinophilic syndrome

• Increased number of eosinophils in blood
• Organ dysfunction
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Fever
• Malaise
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 21 symptoms of Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Hypereosinophilic syndrome: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Hypereosinophilic syndrome:

• Death due to heart failure
• Death due to kidney failure
• Death due to liver failure
• Death due to hemorrhage (see Bleeding symptoms)
• Death due to infection
• more complications...»

Disease Topics Related To Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Hypereosinophilic syndrome:

• Chronic eosinophilic leukemia
• Cardiomyopathy
• Thromboembolic disease
• Pulmonary disease
• Neuropathy
• Hepatosplenomegaly
• Skin lesions
• more related diseases...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Hypereosinophilic syndrome?

• Failure to diagnose Hypereosinophilic syndrome
• Undiagnosed: Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Medical research articles related to Hypereosinophilic syndrome include:

• Mepolizumab (Bosatria) - Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES)
• Treatment of patients with the hypereosinophilic syndrome with mepolizumab.
• Imatinib (Glivec) - Gastrointestinal stromal tumours ? adjuvant therapy
• Targeted Therapies: A New Generation of Cancer Treatments
• Imatinib (Glivec) - for the treatment of adult patients with advanced hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) and/or chronic eosinophilic leukaemia (CEL) with FIP1L1-PDGFR? rearrangement
• PDGFRA
• Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha
• The Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease
• more research...»

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Videos for Hypereosinophilic syndrome

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Prognosis for Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Prognosis for Hypereosinophilic syndrome: treatment can produce a 5-year survival rate of 80%

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Reseach about Hypereosinophilic syndrome

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Clinical Trials for Hypereosinophilic syndrome

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Hypereosinophilic syndrome include:

• Anti-Interleukin-5 Antibody to Treat Hypereosinophilic Syndrome - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - SCH55700
• Therapy of HES, PV, Atypical CML or CMML With PDGF-R Fusion Genes, or Mastocytosis With Gleevec - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Gleevec (imatinib mesylate)
• Imatinib Mesylate to Treat Myeloproliferative Hypereosinophilic Syndrome - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Imatinib Mesylate
• Open-Label Extension Of Intravenous Mepolizumab In Patients With Hypereosinophilic Syndrome - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - mepolizumab
• A Study of Oral AMN107 in Adults With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) or Other Blood Related Cancers - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - AMN107
• more trials...»

See full list of 49 Clinical Trials for Hypereosinophilic syndrome

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