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Abstract
A condition characterized by infiltration of the lung with EOSINOPHILS due to inflammation or other disease processes. Major eosinophilic lung diseases are the eosinophilic pneumonias caused by infections, allergens, or toxic agents.
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- Eosinophilia, Pulmonary
- Eosinophilias, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Eosinophilias
- Eosinophilic Pneumonia
- Loeffler Syndrome
- Pneumonia, Eosinophilic
- Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia
- Tropical Eosinophilic Pneumonia
- Eosinophilic Pneumonia, Tropical
- Eosinophilic Pneumonias
- Eosinophilic Pneumonias, Tropical
- Pneumonias, Eosinophilic
- Pulmonary Eosinophilia, Simple
- Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilias
- Syndrome, Loeffler
- Tropical Eosinophilic Pneumonias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse entry term LOEFFLER SYNDROME with LOEFFLER'S ENDOCARDITIS see HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME
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History Note
82; LOEFFLER SYNDROME was heading LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME 1963-81
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Previous Indexing
- Eosinophilia (1966-1981)
- Lung Diseases (1966-1981)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Eosinophilia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011657. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011657
- Pulmonary Eosinophilia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosinophilic_pneumonia
- Pulmonary Eosinophilia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32540