Churg-Strauss Syndrome: A Patient Report in Infancy
Tomac et al discuss Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS), a disorder characterized by pulmonary and systemic small-vessel vasculitis, extravascular granulomas, and hypereosinophilia that are rarely diagnosed in the pediatric age group. A report on a case of CSS in a 2-year-old child found that nearly all-cl...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Clinical pediatrics 2003-05, Vol.42 (4), p.367-370 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Tomac et al discuss Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS), a disorder characterized by pulmonary and systemic small-vessel vasculitis, extravascular granulomas, and hypereosinophilia that are rarely diagnosed in the pediatric age group. A report on a case of CSS in a 2-year-old child found that nearly all-clinical relapses in the patient were preceded by the disallowance of diet restriction where multiple food allergens triggered vasculitis by chronically stimulating the immune system |
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ISSN: | 0009-9228 1938-2707 |
DOI: | 10.1177/000992280304200412 |