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*Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis.
*Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis.
*ANCA-associated:
*ANCA-associated:
**Wegener's granulomatosis (c-ANCA > p-ANCA).
**[[Wegener's granulomatosis]] (c-ANCA > p-ANCA).
**Churg-Strauss syndrome (50% ANCA +ve).
**[[Churg-Strauss syndrome]] (50% ANCA +ve).
**Microscopic polyangiitis (usually p-ANCA).
**[[Microscopic polyangiitis]] (usually p-ANCA).


Notes:
Notes:
*ANCA = anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies.
*ANCA = anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies.
**The terminology has changed as more knowledge has been gained:
***MPO-ANCA = p-ANCA.
***PR3-ANCA = c-ANCA.


====Medium vessel vasculitides<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_512>{{Ref PBoD8|512}}</ref>====
====Medium vessel vasculitides<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_512>{{Ref PBoD8|512}}</ref>====
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