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Microscopic polyangiitis classification
Introduction
Overview
Overview
According to The International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC) criteria based on antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) into granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), including renal-limited vasculitis (RLV), and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss).
Classification
Classification
- According to The International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC) criteria based on antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) into the following types:[1][2][3][4]
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
- Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)
- Renal-limited vasculitis (RLV)
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss)
References
References
- ↑ Rao JK, Allen NB, Pincus T (September 1998). “Limitations of the 1990 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria in the diagnosis of vasculitis”. Ann. Intern. Med. 129 (5): 345–52. PMID 9735061.
- ↑ Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Andrassy K, Bacon PA, Churg J, Gross WL, Hagen EC, Hoffman GS, Hunder GG, Kallenberg CG (February 1994). “Nomenclature of systemic vasculitides. Proposal of an international consensus conference”. Arthritis Rheum. 37 (2): 187–92. PMID 8129773.
- ↑ Leavitt RY, Fauci AS, Bloch DA, Michel BA, Hunder GG, Arend WP, Calabrese LH, Fries JF, Lie JT, Lightfoot RW (August 1990). “The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Wegener’s granulomatosis”. Arthritis Rheum. 33 (8): 1101–7. PMID 2202308.
- ↑ Watts R, Lane S, Hanslik T, Hauser T, Hellmich B, Koldingsnes W, Mahr A, Segelmark M, Cohen-Tervaert JW, Scott D (February 2007). “Development and validation of a consensus methodology for the classification of the ANCA-associated vasculitides and polyarteritis nodosa for epidemiological studies”. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 66 (2): 222–7. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.054593. PMC 1798520. PMID 16901958.
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