Respiratory Granulomatosis with Polyarteritis Nodosa (Wegener's Syndrome)
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Respiratory granulomatosis with polyarteritis nodosa (Wegener's syndrome).
In 1931 Klinger published a case of nasal sinusitis which terminated in renal failure. There have since been a number of reports of a syndrome characterized clinically by a combination of intractable rhinitis or pulmonary symptoms, manifestat.ons of polyarteritis nodosa, and renal failure. Pathologically, the disease is recognized by the association of necrotizing granulomata of the respiratory...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.12.1.57