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8525388

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-22
pubmed:abstractText
The epidemiology of the systemic vasculitides is poorly documented. Many studies have been conducted from tertiary referral centers, with resulting problems of referral bias and uncertainty of denominator population, or have involved small populations. We have estimated the incidence of the major forms of systemic vasculitis in a stable, ethnically homogeneous population of 414,000 adults from 1988 to 1994. The overall annual incidence of systemic vasculitis (excluding giant cell arteritis) is 39/million (95% confidence intervals; ranging from 31 to 47). The annual incidence of Wegener's granulomatosis is 8.5/million (range, 5.2 to 12.9), Churg-Strauss syndrome 2.4/million (0.9 to 5.3), microscopic polyangiitis 2.4/million (0.9 to 5.3), adult Henoch-Schonlein purpura 1.2/million (0.3 to 3.5), and systemic rheumatoid vasculitis 12.5/million (8.5 to 17.7). These data suggest that the overall incidence of systemic vasculitis is greater than previously thought (10/million) with Wegener's granulomatosis and systemic rheumatoid vasculitis being the most common. Whether this represents a genuine increase in incidence or increased physician awareness is uncertain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0049-0172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiology of systemic vasculitis: changing incidence or definition?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article