Wegener's granulomatosis and diagnosis Archives

Abstract Number: 862 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Discriminative Performance of Nasal Endoscopic Findings and History Items in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Erdem Eren¹, Toygar Kalkan², Secil Arslanoglu¹, Mustafa Ozmen³, Kazim Onal¹, Emine Figen Tarhan³ and Servet Akar⁴, ¹Head and Neck Surgery, Izmir Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey, ²Internal Medicine, Izmir Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Izmir Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis, GPA) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. It is characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and affects predominantly small…

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