What’s new in the aetiopathogenesis of vasculitis?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1083-1094

  Brogan, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Child; Pathogenesis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; CHILD; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY;

CHILD; HUMANS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34548421142     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0450-1     Document Type: Review

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