Allergic Diseases in Minnesota

Eosinophil-Associated Diseases

Allergy physicians at Mayo Clinic are leaders in research regarding in eosinophil-associated diseases. As leaders in research in this area, Mayo Clinic physicians have discovered several new syndromes as well as the identified eosinophil participation in a variety of diseases, including bronchial asthma. Mayo physicians have published research findings on:

• The description of the hypereosinophilic syndrome
• Eosinophilia in bronchial asthma and its importance
• The role of eosinophils in atopic dermatitis
• The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
• The NERDS syndrome
• Treatment of the hypereosinophilic syndrome

Mayo Clinic physicians are especially skilled at evaluating and treating patients with marked eosinophilia.

Eosinophilic Diseases Interest Group

Joseph H. Butterfield, M.D.