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 ====Small vessel vasculitides====
 =====Definition=====
-Vasculitis of vessels smaller than arteries; affects arterioles, venules, and capillaries.<ref name=pmid9366584>{{cite journal |author=Jennette JC, Falk RJ |title=Small-vessel vasculitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=337 |issue=21 |pages=1512–23 |year=1997 |month=November |pmid=9366584 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199711203372106 |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199711203372106}}</ref>
+Small vessel vasculitis = vasculitis of vessels smaller than arteries; affects arterioles, venules, and capillaries.<ref name=pmid9366584>{{cite journal |author=Jennette JC, Falk RJ |title=Small-vessel vasculitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=337 |issue=21 |pages=1512–23 |year=1997 |month=November |pmid=9366584 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199711203372106 |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199711203372106}}</ref>
+*What is an arteriole?
+**There is no histologic definition according to Sternberg's Histology for Pathologists; however, <100 micrometers is suggested as a definition.<ref>{{Ref H2P|769}}</ref>
 =====Types=====