PubMed · 8609434
Working classification of vasculitis.
Abstract
Vasculitis is defined as angiocentric segmental inflammation of the blood vessels and fibrinoid necrosis of the vessel wall. Classification of vasculitis is a controversial problem, because of the difficulty in incorporating globally different criteria such as histologic features, size of affected blood vessels, etiology, pathogenesis and other factors in a single classification schema. In this paper we review the principal classifications and make a novel attempt to classify vasculitis on the basis of the size of affected vessels. We hope that a new generation of basic and clinical investigators can achieve a better understanding of the pathogenesis of various vasculitis-related syndromes and that this understanding will facilitate future classification schemas.
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I Ghersetich, J L Jorizzo, T Lotti. 1995. Working classification of vasculitis.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8609434/
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