Primary systemic vasculitis: clinical features and mortality

Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), Churg Strauss syndrome (CSS) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) are primary systemic vasculitides (PSV), the clinical features of which have been described from tertiary centres.To provide the first clinical description of MPA from a general hospital and compare clinical features with WG and CSS.Retrospective analysis of patient records.Records of 99 PSV patients attending a single hospital, from 1988 to 2000, were...