Wegener’s granulomatosis and multiple cranial neuropathies
Saahil Mehta, Sebastian Lucas, Frank Cross and David P. D’Cruz
Corresponding address:
Dr David P. D’Cruz MD FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, The Lupus
Research Unit, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
Email: david.d’cruz@kcl.ac.uk
Abstract
Wegener’s granulomatosis, first described by Friedrich Wegener in 1936, is a systemic vasculitis that characteristically causes necrotizing granulomas of the respiratory tract and necrotizing cresentic glomerulonephritis. This article describes the history and modern treatment of the disease in conjunction with a clinical case.
Key words
Wegener’s granulomatosis; treatment; neurological involvement.
Saahil Mehta, Sebastian Lucas, Frank Cross and David P. D’Cruz Article
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F. Wegener Original Article (in German)
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