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Global Pathology Supercourse

Systemic Vasculitis, Primary and Secondary
Differential Diagnosis and Classification

Gerhard R.F.Krueger M.D. Ph.D.1,2, Axel Hoffmann M.D.1
& Utz P. Merten M.D.1,3

(1Immunopathology Laboratory, The University of Cologne, 2Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Houston Medical School, 3Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics Cologne, Germany and USA)

Introduction
Case History of Systemic Vasculitis
Classification of Systemic Vasculitis
Primary systemic vasculitis (PSV)
Laboratory Diagnosis of Primary and Secondary Systemic Vasculitis (PSV, SSV)
Differential Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria of Vasculitis Entities (ACR 1990 Criteria)