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== Historical perspective ==
It was first described in 1932 by [[Wilhelm Löffler (doctor)|Wilhelm Löffler]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=Löffler, W. |title=Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungenifiltrierungen. I. Frühfiltrate unter besonerer Berücksichtigung der Rückbildungszeiten |journal=Beiträge zum Klinik der Tuberkulose |volume=79 |issue= |pages=338–367 |year=1932 }}<br/>{{cite journal |author=Löffler, W. |title=Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungenifiltrierungen. II. Über flüchtige Succedan-Infiltrate (mit Eosinophilie) |journal=Beiträge zum Klinik der Tuberkulose |volume=79 |pages=368–382 |year=1932 }}<br/>{{cite journal |author=Löffler, W. |title=Flüchtige Lungeninfiltrate mit Eosinophilia |journal=Klinische Wochjenschrift |volume=14 |pages=297–9 |year=1935 |publisher=Berlin |doi=10.1007/BF01782394 |issue=9 }}</ref> in cases of [[eosinophilic pneumonia]] caused by the parasites ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'',<ref>{{GPnotebook|463077386}}</ref> ''[[Strongyloides stercoralis]]'' and the [[hookworm]]s ''[[Ancylostoma duodenale]]'' and ''[[Necator americanus]]''.
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Historical perspective

It was first described in 1932 by Wilhelm Löffler[1] in cases of eosinophilic pneumonia caused by the parasites Ascaris lumbricoides,[2] Strongyloides stercoralis and the hookworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.

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  1. Löffler, W. (1932). "Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungenifiltrierungen. I. Frühfiltrate unter besonerer Berücksichtigung der Rückbildungszeiten". Beiträge zum Klinik der Tuberkulose. 79: 338–367.
    Löffler, W. (1932). "Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungenifiltrierungen. II. Über flüchtige Succedan-Infiltrate (mit Eosinophilie)". Beiträge zum Klinik der Tuberkulose. 79: 368–382.
    Löffler, W. (1935). "Flüchtige Lungeninfiltrate mit Eosinophilia". Klinische Wochjenschrift. Berlin. 14 (9): 297–9. doi:10.1007/BF01782394.
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