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Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences 1/2009

01-01-2009 | Case Report

A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome Revealed by Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

Authors: Olga Giouleme, Eleni Tsiaousi, Andreas Theodoridis, Sofia Karabatsou, Valentini Tzioufa, Dimitrios Koliouskas

Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Issue 1/2009

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Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare and usually under-recognized entity that often manifests late in the process of the disease. The syndrome is a small vessel-necrotizing vasculitis characterized by asthma, extravascular necrotizing granulomas, hypereosinophilia, and lung infiltrates [1]. …
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Title
A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome Revealed by Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Authors
Olga Giouleme
Eleni Tsiaousi
Andreas Theodoridis
Sofia Karabatsou
Valentini Tzioufa
Dimitrios Koliouskas
Publication date
01-01-2009
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Digestive Diseases and Sciences / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0163-2116
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-008-0333-8

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