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ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2002

Polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangiitis: etiologic and diagnostic considerations.

Laura B Hughes, S Louis Bridges

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Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura B HughesDivision of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 415 Lyons-Harrison Research Building, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA.
S Louis Bridges
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis of medium-sized vessels with clinical manifestations resulting from ischemia and infarction of affected tissues and organs. Although the cause of most cases of PAN and the related disorder microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) remains largely unknown, there has been significant progress in understanding the pathogenesis of vascular inflammation. The diagnostic approach to PAN and MPA should be individualized and based on specific organ involvement. Because no test or clinical finding reliably indicates the presence or absence of PAN or MPA, diagnosis requires integration of clinical findings, angiography, and biopsy data.

Indexed as

AngiographyBiopsy, NeedleCapillariesFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMicrocirculationPolyarteritis NodosaPrognosisRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexVasculitis

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PMID11798986
OpenAlexW2060240108

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