PROBLEMS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS IN THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE

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Issue: 
4
Year: 
2016

Professor O. Kozyrev (1), MD; I. Bazina (1), Candidate of Medical Sciences; M. Pavlova (1); E. Koroleva (1); E. Khutorova (2); Z. Levina (2) 1 -Smolensk State Medical University 2 -Clinical Emergency Medical Care Hospital, Smolensk

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is rather rarely encountered so there are certain problems with its diagnosis, as confirmed by the described case.
Keywords: 
hematology
eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
ChurgStrauss syndrome
necrotizing vasculitis
diagnosis
antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies

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