Lucy has PAN—polyarteritis nodosa—an inflammatory process that affects many vessels in the body, particularly the larger blood vessels, or arteries.    From Wordnik.com.  [After the Diagnosis] Reference

Immunosuppressive therapy corticosteroid therapy of polyarteritis nodosa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Among 124 patients with good-prognosis polyarteritis nodosa or microscopic polyangiitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Survival did not differ between patients with polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangiitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The ANCA test is used to diagnose Wegener’s granulomatosis, a life-threatening vasculitis akin to Lucy Rooney’s polyarteritis nodosa, except that it affects the small vessels instead of the large arteries.    From Wordnik.com.  [After the Diagnosis] Reference

Microscopic polyarteritis / polyangiitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

G) Nail bed infarction occures in vasculitis especially in SLE and polyarteritis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaister Miester Do Da] Reference

(2003) Minocycline-induced cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference