Vasculitis in Children

This article provides a general overview of vasculitis, situations in which the diagnosis should be considered, diagnostic methods, and therapeutic considerations. Details and treatments unique to specific vasculitides are also reviewed.

a Program in Rheumatology, Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA

b Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Corresponding author. Children's Hospital Rheumatology Program, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

This article was supported in part by the Samara Jan Turkel Center for Pediatric Autoimmune Disease.

PII: S0031-3955(05)00008-8

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2005.01.006

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