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Elicitation of expert prior opinion:application to the MYPAN trial in childhood polyarteritis nodosa [PDF]
Objectives Definitive sample sizes for clinical trials in rare diseases are usually infeasible. Bayesian methodology can be used to maximise what is learnt from clinical trials in these circumstances.
, MYPAN Vasculitis Expert Group +15 more
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Familial polyarteritis nodosa [PDF]
AbstractFamilial polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is rare. We describe here two siblings who developed PAN 8 years apart. HLA typing showed that the affected family members shared a common haplotype with their unaffected mother. Further study of the family history suggested the possibility of an inherited disorder of connective tissue predisposing to ...
J C, Mason +8 more
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Polyarteritis nodosa is multisystem disease with necrotizing vasculitis of middle and small sized arteries. Takayasu arteritis is a rare nonspecific inflammatory disease with unknown cause, predominantly affecting the aorta and its main branches.
Onur Gurer, Ismail Haberal
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A rare case of Polyarteritis Nodosa associated with autoimmune hepatitis: a case report
Background Polyarteritis nodosa is a type of vasculitis affecting medium- and small-sized arteries that has been associated with hepatitis B but does not have an established relationship with autoimmune hepatitis.
Freda Kennedy +5 more
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Pediatric polyarteritis nodosa is rare systemic necrotizing arteritis involving small- and medium-sized muscular arteries characterized by aneurysmal dilatations involving the vessel wall.
Kae Watanabe +2 more
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Necrosis of the small intestine leading to a diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa: a case report
Background Polyarteritis nodosa is a disease that presents with necrotizing vasculitis in small and medium-sized arteries. It may occur in various organs, but approximately half of cases have gastrointestinal involvement.
Saori Yajima +6 more
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Spontaneous kidney rupture in polyarteritis nodosa presenting as an acute abdomen [PDF]
CITATION: Edelstein, C. L. & Welke, H. 1991. Spontaneous kidney rupture in polyarteritis nodosa presenting as an acute abdome. South African Medical Journal, 79:52-53.The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaAn acute abdomen in a ...
Edelstein, C. L., Welke, H.
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Background Polyarteritis nodosa is a small vessel to medium vessel vasculitis that frequently presents with multi-organ involvement, but can sometimes be limited to single organs such as the testes.
Mohan Stewart +3 more
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Therapeutic advances in the treatment of vasculitis [PDF]
Considerable therapeutic advances for the treatment of vasculitis of the young have been made in the past 10 years, including the development of outcome measures that facilitate clinical trial design.
Brogan, PA, Eleftheriou, D
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Rituximab Efficacy during a Refractory Polyarteritis Nodosa Flare
Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic vasculitis whose severe forms are treated with glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide. Refractory patients are exposed to many complications, notably accelerated atherosclerosis.
Emmanuel Ribeiro +7 more
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