MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DYSFUNCTION IN HEMORRHAGIC VASCULITIS
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Various pathogenic mechanisms have been implicated in the induction of vasculitis, including cell-mediated inflammation, immune complex-mediated inflammation and autoantibody-mediated inflammation.
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