Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and vasculitis: much more than a disease marker
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and vasculitis: much more than a disease marker.
Many forms of necrotizing small vessel vasculitis manifest glomerulonephritis, pulmonary hemorrhage and cutaneous purpura. Because the histologic appearance of the vasculitic lesions is similar in these conditions, early pathologists and clinicians resorted to categorizing small vessel vasculitides based on vessel size and systemic distribution. Not surprisingly, due to the tremendous overlap i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci200216699