LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME AND PULMONARY INFILTRATIONS ACCOMPANIED BY PERIPHERAL EOSINOPHILIA
Authors: J C HAM, W T ZIMDAHL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 September 1948LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME AND PULMONARY INFILTRATIONS ACCOMPANIED BY PERIPHERAL EOSINOPHILIAJOHN C. HAM, M.D., WALTER T. ZIMDAHL, M.D.JOHN C. HAM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER T. ZIMDAHL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-3-488 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the past several years reports have appeared in the American literature on patients with pulmonary infiltration accompanied by blood eosinophilia. In 1932 Loeffler1first described a syndrome characterized by these two signs. By 1940, 1052cases had been reported in the literature, 51 of these by Loeffler.3Most of the cases since then have come from the central European area. In 1945, Miller4reported one case and could find but four similar cases reported2, 5, 6, 7in this country. 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