Authors
Matthieu Groh, Christian Pagnoux, Chiara Baldini, Elisabeth Bel, Paolo Bottero, Vincent Cottin, Klaus Dalhoff, Bertrand Dunogué, Wolfgang Gross, Julia Holle, Marc Humbert, David Jayne, J Charles Jennette, Romain Lazor, Alfred Mahr, Peter A Merkel, Luc Mouthon, Renato Alberto Sinico, Ulrich Specks, Augusto Vaglio, Michael E Wechsler, Jean-François Cordier, Loïc Guillevin
Publication date
2015/9/1
Journal
European journal of internal medicine
Volume
26
Issue
7
Pages
545-553
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Objective
To develop disease-specific recommendations for the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg–Strauss syndrome) (EGPA).
Methods
The EGPA Consensus Task Force experts comprised 8 pulmonologists, 6 internists, 4 rheumatologists, 3 nephrologists, 1 pathologist and 1 allergist from 5 European countries and the USA. Using a modified Delphi process, a list of 40 questions was elaborated by 2 members and sent to all participants prior to the meeting. Concurrently, an extensive literature search was undertaken with publications assigned with a level of evidence according to accepted criteria. Drafts of the recommendations were circulated for review to all members until final consensus was reached.
Results
Twenty-two recommendations concerning the diagnosis, initial evaluation, treatment and monitoring of EGPA patients were established. The relevant …
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