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==== Common Causes ====
==== Common Causes ====
Microscopic polyangiitis may be caused by<ref name="pmid12849060">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kallenberg CG, Rarok A, Stegeman CA, Limburg PC |title=New insights into the pathogenesis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis |journal=Autoimmun Rev |volume=1 |issue=1-2 |pages=61–6 |date=February 2002 |pmid=12849060 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* There are no known direct common causes for Microscopic polyangiitis.
* There are no known direct common causes for Microscopic polyangiitis.
* Autoimmune mechanism of unknown cause.
* Autoimmune mechanism of unknown cause.
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* Malignancy  
* Malignancy  
* Drugs
* Drugs
* silica exposure


==References==
==References==

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There are no known direct causes for Microscopic polyangiitis.Microscopic polyangiitis can affect individuals from all ethnicities and at any age group.Vasculitis is a common term that refers to inflammation of the blood vessels in the body.When the inflammation progress it lead to weakening and stretch of the blood vessels and forms a aneurysm.Microscopic polyangiitis is not a cancer, not contagious, and it does not usually occur within families.

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Common Causes

Microscopic polyangiitis may be caused by[1]

  • There are no known direct common causes for Microscopic polyangiitis.
  • Autoimmune mechanism of unknown cause.
  • Infections
  • Malignancy
  • Drugs
  • silica exposure

References

  1. Kallenberg CG, Rarok A, Stegeman CA, Limburg PC (February 2002). "New insights into the pathogenesis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis". Autoimmun Rev. 1 (1–2): 61–6. PMID 12849060.

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