Use of an Anti–Interleukin-5 Antibody in the Hypereosinophilic Syndrome with Eosinophilic Dermatitis

Sabine-Gisela Plötz, Hans‐Uwe Simon, Ulf Darsow, Dagmar Simon, Ekatherina Vassina, Shída Yousefi, Rüdiger Hein, Heidrun Behrendt, Johannes Ring

New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 257 citations · 17 references

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Three patients with hypereosinophilia and severe eosinophilic dermatitis in whom a variety of conventional treatments were ineffective had a rapid response to infusions of a humanized anti–interleukin-5 antibody. None of the patients had evidence of a clonal T-cell disorder or a myeloproliferative disease.

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