Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27866580›Full record

ReviewPrimary care2016

Eosinophilia.

Anna Kovalszki, Peter F Weller

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In one paragraph

Review in Primary care, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
76citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Imported Eosinophilia in Migrants from Endemic Areas in Spain.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026
    Article
  8. Characterization of Th2 Serum Immune Response in Acute Appendicitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  9. Review
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  11. Exploring Asthma as a Protective Factor in COVID-19 Outcomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
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  15. Eosinophilic Pneumonia Triggered byMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024
    Article
  16. Eosinophils in Oral Disease: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
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16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna KovalszkiAllergy and Inflammation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, One Brookline Place Suite 623, Brookline, MA 02445, USA. Electronic address: akovalsz@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Peter F WellerAllergy and Inflammation, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, CLS Building, Room 943, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Human Eosinophils: Mechanisms of FunctioningR37AI020241 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WELLER, PETER F · 2010 to 2019
$4.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI020241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilia is defined as elevation of eosinophils in the bloodstream (450-550 cell/μL). There are many reasons for eosinophilia to exist, including parasitic disease, allergic disease, autoimmune, connective tissue disease, rheumatologic disease, primary eosinophilia such as hypereosinophilic syndrome, and as part of a malignant state. Primary care physicians should have an understanding of the variety of diseases or situations that can produce eosinophilia and know in what setting referral to specialty care may be warranted.

Indexed as

Primary Health CareEosinophiliaHematologic TestsHumansReferral and ConsultationRisk FactorsAsthmaDrug allergyEosinophiliaEosinophilic gastrointestinal diseaseHypereosinophilic syndromesParasitic disease

Identifiers

PMID27866580
PMCPMC5293177
OpenAlexW4240213829

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Registered trials

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