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New perspectives in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA): report of the first meeting of the European EGPA Study Group.

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Article

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Authors

Marvisi, Chiara 
Sinico, Renato Alberto 
Salvarani, Carlo 
Prisco, Domenico 

Abstract

The European Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) study group first gathered in Firenze in December 2018. The discussion was centred around the clinical and therapeutic needs in EGPA which still remain unmet. Indeed, EGPA is a puzzling and rare disease which shares clinical features with other anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAVs) and hypereosinophilic syndromes (HESs). Some of the recommendations published in 2015 are based on data derived from EGPA-related diseases, rather than from EGPA itself, and therefore need to be updated. Thus, the aim of the meeting was to stimulate ongoing research, to promote collaborative European studies and to define the main issues on which future studies should be focused. Current fields of research on EGPA include potential serological biomarkers of disease activity and of specific organ involvement, possible links between different genetic variants and clinical phenotypes, and new therapeutic perspectives. Herein, we give an overview of the meeting with the goal to stimulate an international collaboration and new points of discussion.

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Keywords

ANCA, Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Eosinophils, Mepolizumab, Rituximab, Vasculitis, Consensus, Eosinophilic Granuloma, Europe, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Humans

Journal Title

Intern Emerg Med

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Journal ISSN

1828-0447
1970-9366

Volume Title

14

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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