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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Ali Poyan Mehr, M.D. [2] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Olufunmilola Olubukola M.D.[3] Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [4]; Haritha Machavarapu, M.B.B.S.

Historical Perspective

Polyarteritis nodosa is also called Kussmaul disease or Kussmaul-Meier disease after Kussumaul and Maier, who first described the syndrome in 1866.