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Success of short-term, higher-dose imatinib mesylate to induce clinical response in FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha-negative hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Leukemia research - 1 Aug 2009
Butterfield Joseph H
Abstract excerpt
Presence of the oncogenic mutation FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha in hypereosinophilic patients is predictive of hematologic response to imatinib mesylate. However, most patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) do not have this mutation and have not responded to imatinib doses traditionally successful in patients who test positive for FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha. A patient with FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha-negative HES who had intolerance...
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