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Descriptor English:   Polyarteritis Nodosa 
Descriptor Spanish:   Poliarteritis Nudosa 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Poliarterite Nodosa 
Synonyms English:   Essential Polyarteritis
Necrotizing Arteritis
Periarteritis Nodosa  
Tree Number:   C14.907.940.090.720
C14.907.940.897.500
C17.800.862.625
Definition English:   A form of necrotizing non-granulomatous inflammation occurring primarily in medium-sized ARTERIES, often with microaneurysms. It is characterized by muscle, joint, and abdominal pain resulting from arterial infarction and scarring in affected organs. Polyarteritis nodosa with lung involvement is called CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME. 
See Related English:   Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
 
History Note English:   1995; was PERIARTERITIS NODOSA 1963-1994; for POLYARTERITIS NODOSA use PERIARTERITIS NODOSA 1968-1994 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   10679 
Unique Identifier:   D010488 

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