A significant percentage of patients with RA and ANCA positivity were also diagnosed with AAV, with GPA being the most common subtype.

Cutaneous vasculitis (CV) is a term used for inflammation ... Other clinical features include: The patient has the following antibodies: P-ANCA positive with perinuclear pattern (anti ...

An elderly patient who was initially suspected of having antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) was instead diagnosed with multiple myeloma, according to a case report ...

Most children with ANCA-associated vasculitis had active kidney disease and impaired renal function at diagnosis. Those with normal or minimal kidney impairment had good chance of recovery.

Relapse is common among patients with systemic polyarteritis nodosa, with mycophenolate performing similarly to cyclophosphamide.

5 A new EUVAS (European Vasculitis Study Group) study has demonstrated that capture ELISA is superior to direct ELISA for PR3-ANCA detection in Wegener's granulomatosis. 6 The best strategy to ...

Vasculitis is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of the blood vessels. It can affect arteries, veins, and capillaries. This condition causes blood vessel walls to swell, which ...

Vasculitis in pregnancy is probably underdiagnosed and under-reported; cases of vasculitis are rare and so disease flares may not always be recognized by a general clinician. Preconceptual ...

A phase 1 study of ADI-001 for the treatment of lupus nephritis is now enrolling patients, and an ANCA-associated vasculitis trial is expected to begin enrollment in the second half of this year.