nefrНефрологияNephrology (Saint-Petersburg)1561-62742541-9439Pavlov First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University10.24884/1561-6274-2011-15-1-17-26nefr-398Research ArticleОБЗОРЫ И ЛЕКЦИИREVIEWS AND LECTURESГИПОКОМПЛЕМЕНТЕМИЧЕСКИЙ УРТИКАРНЫЙ ВАСКУЛИТ: ВВЕДЕНИЕ В КЛИНИКУ И ИММУНОБИОЛОГИЮHYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS: INTRODUCTION TO CLINIC AND IMMUNOBIOLOGYДОБРОНРАВОВВ. А.DOBRONRAVOVV. A.

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Гипокомплементемический уртикарный васкулит (ГУВ) – вариант иммунокомплексного аутоиммунного воспаления с преимущественным поражением мелких сосудов. В обзоре обсуждаются имеющиеся к настоящему времени данные, гипотезы, касающиеся патогенеза, а также клинические подходы к диагностике этого нечасто распознаваемого заболевания.

Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis (HUV) is a variant of immunocomplex autoimmune disease with predominating damage of a small vessels. Currently available data and hypotheses concerning pathogenesis as well as and clinical approaches to thediagnostics of this, frequently underrecognized disease, are disscussed in the review.

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