Mepolizumab, an anti-IL5 monoclonal antibody, increased remission rates, cut exacerbations in half and reduced the need for ongoing corticosteroid therapy in patients with refractory cases of the rare ...

Q: Even though I am almost 40, last week I was hospitalized for asthma for the first time in my life. However, they told me I actually had Churg-Strauss syndrome and not asthma, and they recommended ...

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly known as Churg-Strauss Syndrome, is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by necrotizing vasculitis of small-to medium-sized blood ...

Max Wilbur Noah, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.) died on Friday, June 15, 2018 at the age of 86 from complications from a rare autoimmune disease known as Churg Strauss or EGPA. Noah served 35 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the use of mepolizumab (Nucala, GlaxoSmithKline) to adults who have eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly known as Churg ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I was diagnosed with eosinophilic pneumonia about 12 years ago. I was put on a high dose of prednisone and then was tapered off it. I now have asthma and am on prednisone again as well ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis encompasses three distinct yet overlapping syndromes: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), microscopic ...