Diseases

Vasculitis

Inflammation of any one of the blood vessels, including the ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.

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Abstract

Inflammation of any one of the blood vessels, including the ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Angiitis
  • Angiitides
  • Vasculitides

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

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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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; consider SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; ARTERITIS; or PHLEBITIS & their indentions; VASCULITIS, HEMORRHAGIC see PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH is also available

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History Note

1978

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Previous Indexing

  • Arteritis (1966-1977)
  • Periarteritis Nodosa (1966-1977)

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  1. C14w.907w.940w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vasculitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014657. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014657
  2. Vasculitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasculitis
  3. Vasculitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q644318