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Vasculitis clinic
What is vasculitis?
Diseases that are characterized by inflammation of blood vessels are called vasculitis. The clinical manifestations vary depending on which blood vessels are involved, but can be life threatening. Clinical examples include:
- Giant cell arteritis
- Takayasu's disease
- Wegener’s granulomatosis
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Henoch-Schoenlein purpura
- Behçet’s disease
- Leukocytoclastic vasculitis