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Imatinib for the treatment of hypereosinophilic syndromes.
Expert review of clinical immunology - 1 Feb 2018
Helbig Grzegorz
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INTRODUCTION: Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) encompass a group of disorders defined by sustained peripheral blood hypereosinophilia >1500/mm3 and evidence of eosinophilia-associated organ impairment. Approximately 10% of HES patients may harbor a cryptic deletion on chromosome 4 leading to formation of the FIP1L1-PDGFRA (F/P) fusion gene; these patients are diagnosed as F/P-mutated myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms...
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