title: [Vasculitis in childhood].
abstract: Vasculitis, defined as an inflammation of blood vessels resulting in ischemic tissue lesions, is a feature of many different diseases and symptoms in childhood. A uniform classification based on characteristic clinical symptoms and histopathological signs is as yet not possible. Most vasculitic syndromes are rarely seen in childhood. This review deals with the more frequently encountered vasculitic syndromes such as polyarteritis nodosa, Kawasaki disease and Henoch-Schönlein purpura. A survey of clinical and histopathological findings as well as recent insights in the pathogenesis and pathophysiology will be given.
authors.affiliation: Universiteitskliniek voor kinderen en jeugdigen, Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: de Graeff-Meeder
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: van Luijk
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Vasculitis op de kinderleeftijd.