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Other changes in naming of diseases are under consideration. Churg-Strauss syndrome and Behçet’s syndrome are two others being reviewed.

“Time moves on and we are going to have to learn different names for things,” says Dr. Borenstein. “Whether it is because a person had a bad past, because it doesn’t make sense from our current understanding of the disease, or other valid reasons, we will be looking at these issues in a thoughtful way.”

Kurt Ullman is a freelance writer based in Indiana.

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Falk RJ, Gross WL, Guillevinet L, et al. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s): An alternative name for Wegener’s granulomatosis. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63:854-863.

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