Wegener's granulomatosis causes: Difference between revisions

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The cause of Granulomatosis with polyangiitis has not been identified.
The cause of Granulomatosis with polyangiitis has not been identified.
==Causes==
==Causes==
The cause of Granulomatosis with polyangiitis has not been identified however, environmental factors may play a role. For example the disease has been linked with certain occupations such as farmers, person who are exposed to high solvents for 3 to 50 years. <ref name="pmid12632437">{{cite journal| author=Lane SE, Watts RA, Bentham G, Innes NJ, Scott DG| title=Are environmental factors important in primary systemic vasculitis? A case-control study. | journal=Arthritis Rheum | year= 2003 | volume= 48 | issue= 3 | pages= 814-23 | pmid=12632437 | doi=10.1002/art.10830 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12632437  }} </ref>
<ref name="pmid7914456">{{cite journal| author=Cuadrado MJ, D'Cruz D, Lloyd M, Mujic F, Khamashta MA, Hughes GR| title=Allergic disorders in systemic vasculitis: a case-controlled study. | journal=Br J Rheumatol | year= 1994 | volume= 33 | issue= 8 | pages= 749-53 | pmid=7914456 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7914456  }} </ref>


==References==
==References==

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