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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Historical Perspective

Russian born, American pathologist Jacob Churg (1910-2005) along with German born, American pathologist Lotte Strauss (1913-1985) first described the disease in 1951, when describing periarteritis nodosa, allergic granulomatosis and allergic angiitis.[1]

Churg-Strauss syndrome is named for Dr Jacob Churg and Dr Lotte Strauss, who described the condition in 1951.[2][3]

References

  1. CHURG J, STRAUSS L (1951). "Allergic granulomatosis, allergic angiitis, and periarteritis nodosa". Am J Pathol. 27 (2): 277–301. PMC 1937314. PMID 14819261.
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  3. Churg J, Strauss L (1951). "Allergic granulomatosis, allergic angiitis, and periarteritis nodosa". Am. J. Pathol. 27 (2): 277–301. PMID 14819261.

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