Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome


Immunodeficiency

Failure of the immune system to protect the body adequately from infection, due to the absence or insufficiency of some component process or substance.


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PMID (PMCID)
8642249
(2192315)
MALE Adult
Expansion of cytokine-producing CD4-CD8- T cells associated with abnormal Fas expression and hypereosinophilia.
Simon HU, Yousefi S, Dommann-Scherrer CC, Zimmermann DR, Bauer S, Barandun J, Blaser K.
J Exp Med. 1996;183(3):1071-82.
The mechanisms of sustained overproduction of eosinophils in the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome and in some human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected individuals are largely unknown.