Polyarteritis nodosa is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Polyarteritis nodosa, or a subtype of Polyarteritis nodosa,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Polyarteritis nodosa as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Polyarteritis nodosa: Introduction
Broader types of Polyarteritis nodosa:
Patient Profile for Polyarteritis nodosa: Typically aged 40 to 50, but any age possible.
Gender Profile for Polyarteritis nodosa: Men 3:1 women; more common in men
Prognosis of Polyarteritis nodosa: death often occurs within a year in acute cases
Complications of Polyarteritis nodosa:
see complications of Polyarteritis nodosa
Causes of Polyarteritis nodosa: see causes of Polyarteritis nodosa
Symptoms of Polyarteritis nodosa: see symptoms of Polyarteritis nodosa
Complications of Polyarteritis nodosa: see complications of Polyarteritis nodosa
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Polyarteritis nodosa
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Polyarteritis nodosa.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Polyarteritis nodosa.
Treatments for Polyarteritis nodosa:
see treatments for Polyarteritis nodosa
Research for Polyarteritis nodosa:
see research for Polyarteritis nodosa
Hospitalization statistics for Polyarteritis nodosa:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Polyarteritis nodosa:
Organs and body systems related to Polyarteritis nodosa include:
Main name of condition: Polyarteritis nodosa
Other names or spellings for Polyarteritis nodosa:periarteritis nodosa, necrotizing angiitis, polyarteritis
Kussmaul disease, Kussmaul-Maier disease, PAN, Polyarteritis nodosum
Source - Diseases Database
Polyarteritis nodosa, Periarteritis nodosa
Source - WordNet 2.1
Periarteritis nodosa
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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