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==Classification==
==Classification==
Vasculitides can be classified by the size of the blood vessel that they predominantly affect.<ref name="pmid8129773">{{cite journal |author=Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Andrassy K, ''et al'' |title=Nomenclature of systemic vasculitides. Proposal of an international consensus conference |journal=Arthritis Rheum. |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=187-92 |year=1994 |pmid=8129773 |doi=}}</ref>
===Large vessel vasculitis===
* [[Takayasu arteritis]]
* [[temporal arteritis|Giant cell (temporal) arteritis]]
===Medium vessel vasculitis===
* [[Polyarteritis nodosa]]
* [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
* [[Kawasaki disease]]
===Small vessel vasculitis===
There are several vasculitides that affect small vessels.<ref name="pmid9366584">{{cite journal |author=Jennette JC, Falk RJ |title=Small-vessel vasculitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=337 |issue=21 |pages=1512-23 |year=1997 |pmid=9366584 |doi=}}</ref>
* [[Churg-Strauss syndrome|Churg-Strauss arteritis]]
* [[microscopic polyangiitis|Microscopic polyarteritis/polyangiitis]]
* [[Hypersensitivity vasculitis]]
* [[Henoch-Schonlein purpura]]
* [[Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis]]
* Vasculitis secondary to connective tissue disorders
* Vasculitis secondary to viral infection
==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Rheumatology]]


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