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Relationship between the development of blindness in Churg-Strauss syndrome and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies
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ImmunohematologyOcular DiseaseImmunodeficienciesImmunologyPathologyAnti-myeloperoxidase AntibodiesChurg-strauss SyndromeHematologyNeuroimmunologyHealth SciencesAutoimmune DiseaseOphthalmologyAutoimmunityImmunologic DiseaseInborn Error Of ImmunityBlindness RareOccular InvolvementDisease MechanismMedicine
Occular involvement is infrequent and blindness rare in Churg-Strauss syndrome. We describe a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome who presented with blindness. This was associated with the appearance of circulating autoantibodies to myeloperoxidase.