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The challenge of diagnosing and classifying eosinophilia and eosinophil disorders: A review

Agnieszka Szymczyk
1
,
Jakub Jaworski
2
,
Monika Podhorecka
3

1.
Department of Hematology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland
2.
Doctoral School, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
3.
Chair and Department of Haematooncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Cent Eur J Immunol 2024; 49 (1): 60-69
Online publish date: 2024/04/19
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