Churg-Strauss syndrome (eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), allergic granulomatous angiitis): Difference between revisions
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*Churg-Strauss syndrome, now also referred to by its medically more accurate term eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), is a rare systemic vasculitis (inflammation in the wall of blood vessels of the body), predominantly affecting small-sized vessels. | *Churg-Strauss syndrome, now also referred to by its medically more accurate term eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), is a rare systemic vasculitis (inflammation in the wall of blood vessels of the body), predominantly affecting small-sized vessels. | ||