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Vasculitides of the polyarteritis nodosa group and Wegener’s granulomatosis are rare diseases and determination of the optimal diagnostic investigations and treatment is difficult. Over the past decade, we have observed and treated 143 vasculitis patients in our Department of Internal Medicine and have also carried out several prospective trials 1,2,3 which have included 300 patients. Our presentation is based on these results.
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Guillevin, L., Gayraud, M., Casassus, P. (1993). Polyarteritis Nodosa and Churg-Strauss Syndrome an Internist’s View. In: Gross, W.L. (eds) ANCA-Associated Vasculitides. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 336. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_28
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