TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Polyarteritis Nodosa A1 - Hellmann, David B. A1 - Imboden Jr., John B. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. PY - 2020 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISMedium-sized arteries are affected.Clinical findings depend on the arteries involved; lungs are spared.Common features include fever, abdominal pain, extremity pain, livedo reticularis, mononeuritis multiplex.Kidney involvement causes renin-mediated hypertension.Anemia and elevated acute-phase reactants (ESR or CRP or both).Associated with hepatitis B (10% of cases). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2022/05/20 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166169471 ER -