Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3198536 | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2012 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Eosinophilia is an important indicator of various neoplastic and nonneoplastic conditions. Depending on the underlying disease and mechanisms, eosinophil infiltration can lead to organ dysfunction, clinical symptoms, or both. During the past 2 decades, several different classifications of eosinophilic disorders and related syndromes have been proposed in various fields of medicine. Although criteria and definitions are, in part, overlapping, no global consensus has been presented to date. The Year 2011 Working Conference on Eosinophil Disorders and Syndromes was organized to update and refine the criteria and definitions for eosinophilic disorders and to merge prior classifications in a contemporary multidisciplinary schema. AÂ panel of experts from the fields of immunology, allergy, hematology, and pathology contributed to this project. The expert group agreed on unifying terminologies and criteria and a classification that delineates various forms of hypereosinophilia, including primary and secondary variants based on specific hematologic and immunologic conditions, and various forms of the hypereosinophilic syndrome. For patients in whom no underlying disease or hypereosinophilic syndrome is found, the term hypereosinophilia of undetermined significance is introduced. The proposed novel criteria, definitions, and terminologies should assist in daily practice, as well as in the preparation and conduct of clinical trials.
Keywords
PDGFRBPDGFRAHENCelPDGFRFGFRMDSMPNSystemic mastocytosisHERHESWorld Health OrganizationHypereosinophilic syndromemyelodysplastic syndromeCriteriaClassificationChronic eosinophilic leukemiabone marrowMyeloproliferative neoplasmHypereosinophiliaplatelet-derived growth factor receptor βWHOplatelet-derived growth factor receptor αplatelet-derived growth factor receptorfibroblast growth factor receptor
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Authors
Peter MD, Amy D. MD, Hans-Peter MD, Florence MD, PhD, Jason MD, Peter F. MD, Andrzej MD, Georgia MD, Kristin M. MD, Michel PharmD, PhD, Joseph H. MD, Wolfgang R. MD, Karl MD, Peter MD, PhD, Torsten MD, Hans-Uwe MD, PhD, Andreas MD, Gerald J. MD,