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Abstract
A primary systemic vasculitis of small- and some medium-sized vessels. It is characterized by a tropism for kidneys and lungs, positive association with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), and a paucity of immunoglobulin deposits in vessel walls.
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- Microscopic Polyangiitides
- Polyangiitides, Microscopic
- Polyangiitis, Microscopic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
2010
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Previous Indexing
- Vasculitis (1994-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Microscopic Polyangiitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055953. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055953
- Microscopic Polyangiitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic_polyangiitis
- Microscopic Polyangiitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1934069