Causes and Risk Factors
Polyarteritis nodosa is a disease of unknown cause that affects arteries, the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to organs and tissues. A minority of people (about 30%) diagnosed have an active Hepatitis B infection, and men are also twice as likely to get the disease as women.
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