The final criteria and their weights were as follows: bloody nasal discharge, nasal crusting or sino-nasal congestion (+3); cartilaginous involvement (+2); conductive or sensorineural hearing loss (+1 ...
From 91 candidate items, regression analysis identified 10 items for MPA, 6 of which were retained. The final criteria and their weights were as follows: perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic ...
The main features are nonspecific: fever, myalgias and malaise. Although these patients have positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and accelerated ESR, the diagnosis is established by ...
Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare form of eosinophilic vasculitis associated with asthma. There have been several recent case reports of the condition in association with leukotriene antagonists and it ...
4 Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille, France Correspondence to: Professor J-F Colombel Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHRU de Lille, ...