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Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 635309, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/635309
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Eosinophilic Pleural Effusion: A Rare Manifestation of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

Ndubuisi C. Okafor, Ayodeji A. Oso, Amanke C. Oranu, Steven M. Wolff, and John J. Murray

Department of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

Received 26 August 2009; Accepted 5 November 2009

Academic Editor: Stephen P. Peters

Copyright © 2009 Ndubuisi C. Okafor et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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