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Childhood Polyarteritis Nodosa

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To learn how to diagnose systemic and cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) and to distinguish them from other secondary vasculitides.

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  1. Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Institute of Child Health, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Manjari Agarwal

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    Sujata Sawhney

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Agarwal, M., Sawhney, S. (2017). Childhood Polyarteritis Nodosa. In: Sawhney, S., Aggarwal, A. (eds) Pediatric Rheumatology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1750-6_37

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