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Leriche’s syndrome and Löffler endocarditis in a 30-year-old patient presenting with hypereosinophilic syndrome

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  1. Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Abteilung Hämatologie/Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany

    Thomas Klag, Ulf Schnetzke, Sebastian Scholl, Andreas Hochhaus & Paul La Rosée

  2. Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Spital Thurgau AG, Switzerland

    Rudolf Benz

  3. Klinik für Allgemein-Viszeral und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany

    Jürgen Zanow

  4. Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany

    Anita Glaser

  5. Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erlanger Allee 110, 07740, Jena, Germany

    Paul La Rosée

  6. Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany

    Tudor C. Pörner

  7. III. Med. Klinik, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Andreas Reiter

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Klag, T., Schnetzke, U., Benz, R. et al. Leriche’s syndrome and Löffler endocarditis in a 30-year-old patient presenting with hypereosinophilic syndrome. Ann Hematol 91, 139–141 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-011-1232-1

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