Rheumatologic disease with peripheral eosinophilia

Nüket Bavbek; Ayşe Kargili; Handan Cipil; Ali Koşar; Yaşar Karaaslan

doi:10.1007/s00296-004-0468-7

Rheumatologic disease with peripheral eosinophilia

Rheumatol Int. 2004 Nov;24(6):317-20. doi: 10.1007/s00296-004-0468-7. Epub 2004 Apr 20.

Authors

Nüket Bavbek¹, Ayşe Kargili, Handan Cipil, Ali Koşar, Yaşar Karaaslan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Fatih University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 15098136
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-004-0468-7

Abstract

Eosinophilia is not common in connective tissue diseases, so the frequency and clinical importance of eosinophilia in rheumatologic disease are not known. The purpose of the present review was to explore its prevalance in rheumatologic disease together with a MEDLINE database search.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Review

MeSH terms

Comorbidity
Eosinophilia / epidemiology*
Eosinophilia / immunology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Prognosis
Rheumatic Diseases / epidemiology*
Rheumatic Diseases / immunology
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index