RT Book, Section
A1 Hellmann, David B.
A1 Imboden Jr., John B.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166169471
T1 Polyarteritis Nodosa
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455281
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166169471
RD 2022/05/16
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).