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[Periarteritis nodosa and hepatitis C: a fortuitous association?]
J P Zuber1, C Deruaz, J A Lobrinus
1Service de médecine B, Département de médecine, CHUV, Lausanne.
Praxis
|November 1, 2003
Abstract:
Polyarteritis nodosa is a vasculitis of unknown origin which can be rarely associated with hepatitis B. A exceptional clinical situation of a polyarteritis nodosa associated with hepatitis C is described. This case is also the occasion to review the clinical manifestations, the diagnostic strategy und the therapeutic options of this rare vasculitis.