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Advances in childhood vasculitis.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 Jul 2009
Eleftheriou Despina, Dillon Michael J, Brogan Paul A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To provide an update on new developments in paediatric vasculitis. RECENT FINDINGS: New classification criteria for childhood vasculitis have recently been proposed and are currently undergoing validation. Infectious triggers are still implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of Kawasaki disease and Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Several genetic polymorphisms in vasculitides have now been described that...
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