Late onset of pANCA renal and pulmonary vasculitis in a girl affected by undifferentiated connective tissue disease.
Lupus
; 19(5): 655-7, 2010 Apr.
Article
em En
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| ID: mdl-20133348
ABSTRACT
Vasculitides are clinicopathologic entities characterized by inflammation and damage of blood vessels. They are heterogeneous diseases related to immunopathogenetic mechanisms. For example, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies directed against perinuclear or cytoplasmic proteins of neutrophils are present in a high percentage of patients with systemic vasculitis, and they can be suggestive of Wegener's Granulomatosis and Microscopic Polyangiitis. This case report underlines the necessity of more specific laboratory and instrumental testing if clinical signs and/or other parameters (p-ANCA and/or c-ANCA staining and/or urinalysis) are suggestive of systemic vasculitis.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Granulomatose com Poliangiite
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Doenças do Tecido Conjuntivo
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Vasculite Associada a Anticorpo Anticitoplasma de Neutrófilos
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Nefropatias
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Pneumopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lupus
Assunto da revista:
REUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália