MPA is an uncommon disorder results from blood vessel inflammation that can cause damage tor organs such as kidney, lung, nerve and joint. People of all ages can affect MPA and appears in both sexes equally. Laboratory evidences strongly support that the immune system has a censorious role in MPA.
Panel Test:
● calcium,
● carbon dioxide,
● chloride,
● creatinine,
● glucose,
● potassium,
● sodium,
● CBC with Platelet Count and Automated Differential
● Urinalysis, Complete
● Urea Nitrogen, Serum or Plasma
● Creatinine, Serum or Plasma
● C-Reactive Protein and Sedimentation Rate, Westergren (ESR)
● ANCA or Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody
● Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibody, IgG
● Myeloperoxidase (MPO) Antibody
References
1. Falk RJ, Gross WL, Guillevin L, et al. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s): an alternative name for Wegener’s granulomatosis. Arthritis Rheum 2011; 63:863.
2. Falk RJ, Gross WL, Guillevin L, et al. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s): an alternative name for Wegener’s granulomatosis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 22:587.
3. Falk RJ, Gross WL, Guillevin L, et al. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s): an alternative name for Wegener’s granulomatosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2011; 70:704.
4. Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Bacon PA, et al. 2012 revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides. Arthritis Rheum 2013; 65:1.
