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Learn important details on Polyarteritis Nodosa

WHAT IS PAN?

 

Polyarteritis Nodosa Johns Hopkins University
http://vasculitis.med.jhu.edu/typesof/polyarteritis.html

TYPES OF PAN

 

Classic PAN or cPAN eMedicine.com
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1861.htm

STATISTICS

 

In the US: PAN is a rare condition. Incidence in the general population is 0.7 per 100,000 people, and prevalence is 6.3 per 100,000.
emedicine.com

SYMPTOMS

 

John's Hopkins Vasculitis Center
http://vasculitis.med.jhu.edu/typesof/polyarteritis.html#symptoms

TREATMENTS

 

The Merck Manuals
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch069/ch069b.html

TERMINOLOGY YOU NEED TO KNOW

ANCA

CRP (C-Reactive Protein)

SED RATE Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR or Sed Rate)

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Vasculitis Foundation

WHAT TYPE OF DOCTOR TREATS PAN

What is a Rheumatologist?
American College of Rheumatology

WHERE TO FIND RHEUMATOLGISTS

ACR List of Rheumatologists

WHERE TO FIND CLINICS and HOSPITALS THAT TREAT PAN

Vasculitis Foundation Medical Consultants

PAN-Patients' Stories

Stories


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