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- noun
inflammation ofmultiple arteries
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- noun inflammation of several arteries
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Examples
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Lucy has PAN—polyarteritis nodosa—an inflammatory process that affects many vessels in the body, particularly the larger blood vessels, or arteries.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Survival did not differ between patients with polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangiitis.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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Among 124 patients with good-prognosis polyarteritis nodosa or microscopic polyangiitis,
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Immunosuppressive therapy corticosteroid therapy of polyarteritis nodosa.
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The ANCA test is used to diagnose Wegener’s granulomatosis, a life-threatening vasculitis akin to Lucy Rooney’s polyarteritis nodosa, except that it affects the small vessels instead of the large arteries.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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"Given the impression that azathioprine did at least as well as cyclophosphamide in this study, the [French Vasculitis Study Group] is now undertaking a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial to evaluate azathioprine as a corticosteroid-sparing agent and to improve control of [polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangiitis]
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