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arteritis

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arteritis

Inflammation of the arteries. It occurs in diseases including syphilis, tuberculosis, and lupus erythematosus. Varieties not closely associated with systemic disease or disease of an organ outside the cardiovascular system have been described as temporal arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and polyarteritis nodosa.


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Major clinical manifestations include ocular and craniofacial infections in healthy children, arteritis usually originating from lower extremities, and chronic subcutaneous abscesses.
An increased incidence of acinar cytoplasmic vacuolation and increased incidence and severity of arteritis also occurred in the 92-ng/kg and 200-ng/kg study groups; the incidence in the 200-ng/kg stop-exposure study group was significantly decreased compared with the 200-ng/kg study group.
systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, temporal arteritis, and periarteritis nodosa); and neurotologic disorders (e.
 
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