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Gleich's syndrome

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which simulate the proliferation of eosinophil precursor cells and are thereby responsible for the eosinophilia. It is suggested that most forms of Gleich's syndrome are due to a similar aberrant T cell mechanism and are a subtype of lymphocyte-variant eosinophilia.
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Gleich GJ, Schroeter AL, Marcoux JP, Sachs MI, O'Connell EJ, Kohler PF (1984). "Episodic angioedema associated with eosinophilia".
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in that there is little or no evidence that it leads to organ damage. Rather, recent studies report that a subset of
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cell surface antigens. These same aberrant T cell immunophenotypes are found in
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Gleich syndrome has a good prognosis. Attack severity may improve with
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is a rare disease in which the body swells up episodically (
103:, a disease in which the aberrant T cells overproduce 210:"Blood and Bone Marrow Evaluation for Eosinophilia" 26: 21: 83:Gleich's syndrome is not a form of the idiopathic 68:(which may cause similar swelling episodes) and 214:Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 80:(cells lining blood vessels) in the condition. 172: 170: 134: 132: 64:Its cause is unknown, but it is unrelated to 8: 45:), associated with raised antibodies of the 18: 225: 128: 31:Episodic angioedema with eosinophilia 7: 177:Emonet S, Kaya G, Hauser C (2000). 61:). It was first described in 1984. 14: 101:lymphocyte-variant eosinophilia 95:, i.e. they express CD3-, CD4+ 49:type and increased numbers of 1: 70:eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome 153:10.1056/NEJM198406213102501 282: 97:cluster of differentiation 85:hypereosinophilic syndrome 227:10.5858/arpa.2016-0223-RA 256:Urticaria and angioedema 261:Immune system disorders 66:capillary leak syndrome 51:eosinophil granulocytes 183:Ann Dermatol Venereol 22:Gleich's syndrome 179:"Gleich's syndrome" 208:Boyer DF (2016). 55:white blood cells 39:Gleich's syndrome 36: 35: 16:Medical condition 273: 240: 239: 229: 205: 199: 198: 174: 165: 164: 136: 57:, in the blood ( 19: 281: 280: 276: 275: 274: 272: 271: 270: 246: 245: 244: 243: 207: 206: 202: 176: 175: 168: 141:N. Engl. J. Med 138: 137: 130: 125: 93:immunophenotype 17: 12: 11: 5: 279: 277: 269: 268: 263: 258: 248: 247: 242: 241: 220:(10): 1060–7. 200: 189:(6–7): 616–8. 166: 147:(25): 1621–6. 127: 126: 124: 121: 34: 33: 28: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 278: 267: 264: 262: 259: 257: 254: 253: 251: 237: 233: 228: 223: 219: 215: 211: 204: 201: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 173: 171: 167: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 135: 133: 129: 122: 120: 118: 113: 110: 109:interleukin 5 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 81: 79: 75: 71: 67: 62: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 40: 32: 29: 25: 20: 217: 213: 203: 186: 182: 144: 140: 114: 82: 63: 59:eosinophilia 53:, a type of 38: 37: 30: 119:treatment. 78:endothelium 27:Other names 250:Categories 123:References 74:antibodies 43:angioedema 266:Syndromes 105:cytokines 236:27684977 195:10930860 107:such as 76:against 161:6727934 117:steroid 89:T cells 234:  193:  159:  232:PMID 191:PMID 157:PMID 222:doi 218:140 187:127 149:doi 145:310 47:IgM 252:: 230:. 216:. 212:. 185:. 181:. 169:^ 155:. 143:. 131:^ 238:. 224:: 197:. 163:. 151::

Index

angioedema
IgM
eosinophil granulocytes
white blood cells
eosinophilia
capillary leak syndrome
eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
antibodies
endothelium
hypereosinophilic syndrome
T cells
immunophenotype
cluster of differentiation
lymphocyte-variant eosinophilia
cytokines
interleukin 5
steroid


doi
10.1056/NEJM198406213102501
PMID
6727934


"Gleich's syndrome"
PMID
10930860
"Blood and Bone Marrow Evaluation for Eosinophilia"
doi

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