| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:12132 |
| Name | granulomatosis with polyangiitis |
| Definition | An autoimmune disease that is characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, and the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmatic autoantibodies (ANCAs) in patient sera, and is located_in lung, located_in kidney, located_in skin resulting from an autoimmune attack by antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies against small and medium-size blood vessels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granulomatosis_with_polyangiitis |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:195353004 |
| Subsets |
DO_rare_slim NCIthesaurus |
| Synonyms |
Necrotizing respiratory granulomatosis [EXACT] Wegener granulomatosis, formerly [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a kidney disease is_a autoimmune disease of blood is_a lung disease is_a skin disease |
| Subclass Logical Relationships |
disease has location some lung has symptom some granulomatous inflammation disease has location some kidney disease has location some blood disease has location some zone of skin has symptom some vasculitis |