Letter by Kothari Regarding Article, “Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Natural History, Challenges, and Perspectives” | Zendy

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Letter by Kothari Regarding Article, “Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Natural History, Challenges, and Perspectives”

Author(s) -

Shyam S. Kothari

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.116.024230

Subject(s) - endomyocardial fibrosis , medicine , natural history , eosinophilia , skepticism , disease , intensive care medicine , pathology , fibrosis , epistemology , philosophy

I was interested to read the excellent review on the neglected tropical disease endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF), still considered a mysterious illness.1 These authors and others2 remark on the eosinophilia regularly seen in the acute phase of illness but also simultaneously decry the definitive role of eosinophils in the pathogenesis of EMF. The authors in this contemporary review1 nicely compile the arguments for and against the …

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