Wegener's granulomatosis

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Medicine is the branch of health science [i] and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or ... 

, Wegener's granulomatosis is a form of vasculitis that affects the lung Lung

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s, kidney Kidney

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s and other organs. Due to its end-organ damage, it can be a serious disease that requires long-term immune suppression. It is part of a larger group of vasculitic syndromes that all feature the presence for an abnormal type of circulating antibody Antibody

An antibody or immunoglobulin is a large Y-shaped protein [i] used by the immune system [i] to ide ... 

 termed ANCAs and affect small and medium-sized blood vessel Blood vessel

The blood vessels are part of the circulatory system [i] and function to transport blood [i] throughout ... 

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In medicine Medicine

Medicine is the branch of health science [i] and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or ... 

, Wegener's granulomatosis is a form of vasculitis that affects the lung Lung

The lung is the essential respiration organ [i] in air-breathing vertebrate [i]s. ... 

s, kidney Kidney

The fishes are green yellow pink and red excretory [i] organ [i]s in vertebrate [i]s. ... 

s and other organs. Due to its end-organ damage, it can be a serious disease that requires long-term immune suppression.
It is part of a larger group of vasculitic syndromes that all feature the presence for an abnormal type of circulating antibody Antibody

An antibody or immunoglobulin is a large Y-shaped protein [i] used by the immune system [i] to ide ... 

 termed ANCAs and affect small and medium-sized blood vessel Blood vessel

The blood vessels are part of the circulatory system [i] and function to transport blood [i] throughout ... 

s.

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