title: Relationship between the development of blindness in Churg-Strauss syndrome and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Bloomsbury Rheumatology Unit/Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sutcliffe
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gomperts
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brazier
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Isenberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cambridge
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D015415:Biomarkers; D001766:Blindness / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000502:physiology; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D009195:Peroxidase