1. [Vasculitis 2013. What are the changes introduced in the 2012 Chapel Hill Consensus Conference?].
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Zeher M
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- Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis diagnosis, Behcet Syndrome diagnosis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome diagnosis, Cogan Syndrome diagnosis, Consensus, Consensus Development Conferences as Topic, Cryoglobulinemia complications, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis diagnosis, Humans, IgA Vasculitis diagnosis, Microscopic Polyangiitis diagnosis, Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome diagnosis, Polyarteritis Nodosa diagnosis, Terminology as Topic, Vasculitis etiology, Vasculitis classification, Vasculitis diagnosis
- Abstract
Vasculitis is a heterogeneous group of rare disorders in which inflammation of blood vessels is the common feature. Due to the increasing number of diseases as well as overlaps and gaps in the definition and nomenclature, the classification criteria were constantly changing in the past decades. The classifications were based essentially on the size of affected blood vessels and pathologic characteristics of inflamed vessel walls. The standard procedures and validated diagnostic criteria are missing from the diagnostics of vasculitis, thus in clinical practice the classification criteria are applicable. The 2012 Chapel Hill Consensus Conference brought a change in the definition, nomenclature and classification of previously uncategorized diseases. The definitions of subgroups accurately determine the diagnosis of the specific disease, and they are suitable for establishing homogeneous disease groups. By better understanding of the etiopathogenetic factors, further diseases and subgroups may be defined in the near future.
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- 2013
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