31-12-2015 | Vasculitis | Book Chapter | Article
2. Classification and Epidemiology
Authors: Richard A. Watts, David G. I. Scott, Chetan Mukhtyar
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Abstract
The classification of vasculitis has been an area of controversy for many years, with specific classification criteria only introduced relatively recently. Kussmaul and Maier [1] provided the first description of “periarteritis nodosa” when they described a patient with a systemic illness characterized by numerous nodules along the course of small muscular arteries.