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Clinical features predict responsiveness to imatinib in platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha-negative hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Allergy - 1 Jun 2016
Khoury P, Desmond R, Pabon A, Holland-Thomas N, Ware J M, Arthur D C, Kurlander R, Fay M P, Maric I, Klion A D
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BACKGROUND: With the exception of the presence of the FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion gene, little is known about predictors of imatinib response in clinically-defined hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). METHODS: Subjects with FIP1L1-PDGFRA-myeloid neoplasm (FP; n =12), PDGFRA-negative HES with ≥4 criteria suggestive of a myeloid neoplasm (MHES; n =10), or steroid-refractory PDGFRA-negative HES with <4 myeloid criteria (SR;...
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