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Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Vasculitis > Arteritis > Polyarteritis Nodosa
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Vascular > Polyarteritis Nodosa
Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Vasculitis > Systemic Vasculitis > Polyarteritis Nodosa

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Polyarteritis Nodosa  

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Entry terms

  • Periarteritis Nodosa

Scope note

  • A form of necrotizing non-granulomatous inflammation occurring primarily in medium-sized ARTERIES, often with microaneurysms. It is characterized by muscle, joint, and abdominal pain resulting from arterial infarction and scarring in affected organs. Polyarteritis nodosa with lung involvement is called CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME.

History note

  • 1995; was PERIARTERITIS NODOSA 1963-1994; for POLYARTERITIS NODOSA use PERIARTERITIS NODOSA 1968-1994

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010488

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