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A multisystemic disease of a complex genetic background. It is characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels (VASCULITIS) leading to damage in any number of organs. The common features include granulomatous inflammation of the RESPIRATORY TRACT and KIDNEYS. Most patients have measurable autoantibodies (ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODIES) against MYELOBLASTIN.
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- Granulomatosis, Wegener's
- Wegener Granulomatosis
- Wegener's Granulomatosis
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitides
- Granulomatosis, Wegener
- Polyangiitides, Granulomatosis with
- Polyangiitis, Granulomatosis with
- with Polyangiitides, Granulomatosis
- with Polyangiitis, Granulomatosis
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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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2015(1963)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014890. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014890
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granulomatosis_with_polyangiitis
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161568