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Vasculitis

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Definition: Inflammation of any one of the blood vessels, including the ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.  general or unspecified; consider SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; ARTERITIS; or PHLEBITIS & their indentions; VASCULITIS, HEMORRHAGIC see PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH is also available   
Examples Aortitis; Arteritis; Behcet Syndrome; Cogan Syndrome; Malignant Atrophic Papulosis; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome; Phlebitis; Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch; Retinal Vasculitis; Shwartzman Phenomenon; Systemic Vasculitis; Thromboangiitis Obliterans; Vasculitis, Central Nervous System; Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous 		Other names Angiitis; Vasculitides; Angiitides

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