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Churg-Strauss Syndrome<br />

Treatment<br />

Outcome<br />

Prednisone<br />

Severe disease: prednisone + daily cyclophosphamide<br />

• Prognosis influenced by factors of severe disease (GI, renal, cardiac, c<br />

CNS)<br />

Cardiac involvement main cause of patient mortality<br />

• Vasculitic relapses occur in 26%<br />

• Relapses of asthma are frequent and may limit ability to taper prednisonep

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