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Powell PA, Keetharuth A, Frances SM, Carlton J, Makarounas-Kirchmann K, Guerra Soares Brandão AA, Ramasamy K, Shupo F, Dacus KC, Casper C, Fajgenbaum DC, Goh Y, van Rhee F, Zinzani PL, Oksenhendler �, Zhang L, Mukherjee S

Development and Validation of the Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Symptom Burden Scale (ISBUS): Protocol for an International Multistage Mixed Methods Study

JMIR Res Protoc 2026;15:e96022

DOI: 10.2196/96022

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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols

Date Submitted: Mar 24, 2026

Date Accepted: Jun 30, 2026

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Development and Validation of the Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Symptom Burden Scale (ISBUS): Protocol for an International Multistage Mixed Methods Study

Powell PA, Keetharuth A, Frances SM, Carlton J, Makarounas-Kirchmann K, Guerra Soares Brandão AA, Ramasamy K, Shupo F, Dacus KC, Casper C, Fajgenbaum DC, Goh Y, van Rhee F, Zinzani PL, Oksenhendler �, Zhang L, Mukherjee S

Development and Validation of the Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Symptom Burden Scale (ISBUS): Protocol for an International Multistage Mixed Methods Study

JMIR Res Protoc 2026;15:e96022

DOI: 10.2196/96022

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