Familial Eosinophilia

Rare hereditary peripheral eosinophilia characterized by peripheral hypereosinophilia (greater than 500 EOSINOPHILS/micro liter of blood) with or without other organ involvement. Maps to Chromosome 5q. OMIM: 131400

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Networked: 4 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 1 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Eosinophilia

Experts

1.	Bonne-Annee, S: 1 article (09/2017)
2.	Chen, Y-Y K: 1 article (09/2017)
3.	Klion, A D: 1 article (09/2017)
4.	Maric, I: 1 article (09/2017)
5.	Myers, T G: 1 article (09/2017)
6.	Nutman, T B: 1 article (09/2017)
7.	Prakash Babu, S: 1 article (09/2017)
8.	Yang, J: 1 article (09/2017)
9.	Khoury, Paneez: 1 article (01/2017)
10.	Klion, Amy D: 1 article (01/2017)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Familial Eosinophilia:

1.	Hemoglobin CIBA 05/01/1976 - "[Hemoglobin C associated with beta thalasemia and familial eosinophilia: study of a Chilean kindred (author's transl)]."
2.	CytokinesIBA 10/01/1998 - "Familial eosinophilia maps to the cytokine gene cluster on human chromosomal region 5q31-q33." 01/01/2017 - "These include (1) myeloid HES-a primary disorder of the myeloid lineage, (2) lymphocytic variant HES-eosinophilia driven by aberrant or clonal lymphocytes secreting eosinophil-promoting cytokines, (3) overlap HES-eosinophilia restricted to a single organ or organ system, (4) familial eosinophilia-a rare inherited form of HES, and (5) idiopathic HES. "
3.	Interleukin-5 (Interleukin 5)IBA 09/01/2017 - "Dysregulation of interleukin 5 expression in familial eosinophilia."