THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE DUE TO MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIlTIS
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Abdullah Uyanık 1, Hatice Odabaş 1 *
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1 Atatürk University, Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Erzurum,Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Microscopic polyangiitis is a non-granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis involving small vessels. Clinical manifestations are highly polymorphic, but rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis is one of the most frequent and most severe manifestations of the disease. Most patients with MPA present with or develop severe renal disease, particularly if the diagnosis is delayed. We report the case of P-ANCA-positive Microscopic po

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, 2006, Volume 3, Issue 3, 146-147

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82397

Publication date: 15 Jul 2006

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