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The full clinical picture was first presented by Friedrich Wegener (1907–1990), a German pathologist, in two reports in 1936 and 1939, leading to the eponymous name Wegener's granulomatosis or Wegener granulomatosis (English: / ˈ v ɛ ɡ ə n ər /). [10]
Friedrich Wegener (7 April 1907, Varel – 9 July 1990, Lübeck, [veːɡɐnəɐ̯]) was a German pathologist who is notable for his description of a rare disease originally referred to Wegener disease and now referred to as granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Although this disease was known before Wegener's description, from the 1950s onwards it ...
Support move consensus among pathologists seems to indicate the name has changed. Pubmed for Wegener's granulomatosis show 7046 hits with a decrease over the last 2-3 years, while Granulomatosis (with) polyangitis gives 6602 hits with an increase the last year or so. CFCF 17:07, 27 November 2013 (UTC) Oppose for now. WG is still in significant ...
whole-brain radiotherapy treatment: WC: white cells or wheelchair W/C: wheelchair: WD: well developed: WDL: within defined limits (as per hospital defined policy) WH: well hydrated (not dehydrated or hyperhydrated) WDWN: well developed and well nourished: WEE: Western equine encephalitis virus: WG: Wegener's granulomatosis (now known as ...
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG), is a rare immune-mediated systemic disease with an unclear etiology. It manifests pathologically as an inflammatory response pattern in the kidneys, upper and lower respiratory tracts , and granulomatous inflammation, which includes necrosis .
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Wegener's granulomatosis (now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis) Wegmann–Jones–Smith syndrome; Weil syndrome; Weinstein–Kliman–Scully syndrome; Weismann–Netter–Stuhl syndrome; Weissenbacher–Zweymuller syndrome; Welander distal myopathy, Swedish type; Weleber–Hecht–Bigley syndrome; Wellesley–Carmen–French syndrome