Polyarteritis nodosa: lessons from 25 years of experience.


Sönmez H. E., Armağan B., Ayan G., Barut K., Batu E., Erden A., ...More

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, pp.52-56, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
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  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Journal Name: Clinical and experimental rheumatology
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.52-56
  • Keywords: polyarteritis nodosa, paediatric rheumatology, vasculitis, FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, VASCULITIS, CHILDREN, CLASSIFICATION, CRITERIA, MUTATIONS, TURKEY
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. Polyarteritis nodosa is a necrotising vasculitis of predominantly medium-sized vessels. The present study aimed to summarise the characteristics of PAN patients, and also analyse the trend of decreasing PAN frequency in the last 25 years.