@article{Pereira_Amaro_2013, title={PRIMARY SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS IN CHILDHOOD}, volume={70}, url={https://revista.spdv.com.pt/index.php/spdv/article/view/23}, DOI={10.29021/spdv.70.2.23}, abstractNote={<p><span>The systemic vasculitis are a group of diseases, uncommon in childhood, characterized by inflammation </span><span>and necrosis. Its heterogeneous clinical presentation is conditioned by the type of vessel and organ affected. Recently it </span><span>was proposed a classification of pediatric vasculitis, which takes into account the size of the vessels involved, and also </span><span>validated diagnostic criteria for the types most common in children. This review aims to address the most frequent types of vasculitis in childhood, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and therapy.</span></p><p><span><span><strong>KEYWORDS</strong> – </span><span>Vasculitis; Child. </span><br /></span></p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology}, author={Pereira, Nádia and Amaro, Cristina}, year={2013}, month={Jan.}, pages={173} }