Background: Wegener granulomatosis or granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a pauci-immune small vessel vasculitis which is usually associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) mainly in old men. This small vessel vasculitis is usually characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with multiorgan involvement. Kidneys could be involved as the main and life-threatening co...

Introduction: Wegener Granulomatosis is a rare multisystemic disease with an unknown cause, characterized by necrotic granulomatous lesions in respiratory tract, systemic vasculitis in small arteries and veins and necrotizing glomerulonephritis. Wegener can affect any organ including kidneys, eyes or other organs but classically affects upper and lower respiratory tract. One of the rare but imp...

I was involved with Dr E. C. Rosenow III, then president of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), in creating the honor of Master Clinician, which was bestowed on Dr Friedrich Wegener in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 1989. I believe it is understandable I would be concerned over the withdrawal of the honor 1 on the basis of unfounded and egregious charges made against Wegener in ...

Shipborne solar absorption measurements of CO2, CH4, N2O and CO and comparison with SCIAMACHY WFM-DOAS retrievals T. Warneke, R. de Beek, M. Buchwitz, J. Notholt, A. Schulz, V. Velazco, and O. Schrems Institute of environmental physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany Alfred Wegener Institute, Potsdam, Germany Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany Received: 2 April 2004 – Accepte...

1 Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany, 2 Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, PO Box 180, D-27483 Helgoland, Germany, 3 Plant Ecophysiology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, D-78464 Konstanz, Germany, 4 School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800...

182 Reverslb4e Velvuiftis In Wegener Granulomatosis (Gerb.’acht, Savage, SchahV) Most reports ofamiodarone lung toxicity have emphasized the associated fibrosing alveolitis, and the drug information package insert does not address pleural involvement as an adverse effect of amiodarone. Our report illustrates an unusual pleuropulmonary manifestation of amiodarone toxicity that should alert clini...

Wegener granulomatosis (WG) is a life-threatening autoimmune disease of unknown etiology first described in 1936. The classic clinical triad consists of necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of the respiratory tract, necrotizing glomerulonephritis, and systemic vasculitis. Prior to the introduction of modern immunosuppressants, WG was usually fatal due to renal complications. Involvement of th...