title: Rokitansky and his first description of polyarteritis nodosa.
abstract: Karl Rokitansky, Professor of Pathology at the University of Vienna described polyarteritis nodosa in 1852 in a 23 year old man with a 5-day history of fever and diarrhoea.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. tesarv@beba.cesnet.cz
authors.forename: Vladimír
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tesar
authors.forename: Markéta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kazderová
authors.forename: Ludmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hlavácková
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000266:history*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000266:history*