Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 81-83, February 2010

Systemic vasculitides: an overview

Caroline OS Savage PhD FRCP FMedSci is Professor of Nephrology at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Nephrologist in the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. Competing interests: none declared

Abstract 

Systemic vasculitides comprise a collection of disorders characterized by the presence of fibrinoid necrosis and inflammation of blood vessels. This article provides an overview for small, medium and large vessel vasculitides.

Keywords: ANCA, anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies, blood vessel disorders, systemic vasculitis

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PII: S1357-3039(09)00298-9

doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2009.10.005

Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 81-83, February 2010

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