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Familial Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in a Sister and Brother.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Apr 2020
Ueki Yuriko, Oshikata Chiyako, Asai Yoshihito, Kaneko Takeshi, Tsurikisawa Naomi
Abstract excerpt
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a vasculitis characterized by an abnormally high number of eosinophils in the peripheral blood and tissues. EGPA is an extremely rare disorder, with an incidence of 0.5 to 3.7 new cases per million people per year and an overall prevalence of 2.4 to 14 per million adults. There is little knowledge about the genetic factors that influence this disease. There...
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