Talk:Wegener's granulomatosis

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There is a factual error regarding when Dr. Wegener identified the disease. In the third sentence, the article says he did so in 1963. Much later in the article, it says Dr. Wegener wrote two papers regarding the disease; one in 1936, another in 1939. My guess is there was a simple transpostion typing error: 1936 was mistyped as 1963.66.109.88.253 16:05, 30 July 2007 (UTC)terryupinsky@hotmail.com

There needs to be a disambiguation page for the word "Wegener" there is also an "Alfred Wegener" people could be searching for

I'll change the redirect into a disambig. JFW | T@lk 22:31, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] ANCA

In severe cases, ANCA is nearly always positive doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.08.016 JFW | T@lk 22:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wegener and Nazi association

Wegner's role in Nazi Germany is under the microscope lately and there is an ongoing debate. He was a lieutenant colonel in Nazi party and worked in Lodz, a city where 1000 inmates out of 250 000 survived. He had letter correspondence regarding air embolism which was a feature of notorious high altitude experiments nazi physicians were performing. However it is also associated with septic abortion and other conditions. In the process of postwar de-nazification several witnesses highlighted Wegeners honourable behaviour during nazi years. In summary there is no strong evidence to prove or disprove Wegeners activities in the period. I wonder whether it would be more appropriate to address these issues in his biography instead of history section here.--Countincr ^{( t@lk )} 10:43, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

It directly affects the naming of the disease, and has spurred a movement to do away with all eponyms. Do you have references supporting Wegener's good behaviour? We should certainly provide those both here and in his biography for purposes of WP:NPOV. JFW | T@lk 22:14, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

let's retitle this page, "c-anca positive granulomatosis" is a better name for many reasons, not the least of which is his Nazi affiliation. Eponyms suck!