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. 2006 Mar;3(1):48–57. doi: 10.1513/pats.200511-120JH

TABLE 5.

CLINICAL FEATURES OF MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS

Clinical Manifestations Frequency (%)
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis 100
Pulmonary (hemorrhage, hemoptysis) 10–30
Constitutional symptoms (fever, chills, weight loss, arthralgias/myalgias) 70–80
Cutaneous (purpura, urticaria, subcutaneous nodules, exanthem) 50–65
Nervous system (mononeuritis muliplex) 15–50
GI (pain, GI bleeding, infarction, perforation) 30–45
Ocular (conjunctivitis, uveitis) 0–30
Cardiac 10–20
Upper airway 0–15

Definition of abbreviation: GI = gastrointestinal.