Aortic stenosis concomitant with microscopic polyangiitis: a challenge in medical reasoning and thinking

Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is part of the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-related vasculitis, which usually presents as renal pulmonary syndrome. It is defined as a pauci-immune necrotizing small vessel vasculitis, which usually affects the kidneys, followed by the lungs. It also p...

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Main Authors: Paulo Sampaio Gutierrez, Vera Demarchi Aiello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2014-03-01
Series:Autopsy and Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/81205