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

A significant percentage of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) demonstrate coronary artery calcification (CAC) on imaging, with variations by ANCA ...

Autoimmune diseases make the immune system attack healthy tissues. These can affect organs like kidneys, leading to ...

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 ...

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Exclusion Criteria: * Other systemic disease which constitutes the primary illness, including but not limited to: eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), moderate to severe systemic ...

Objectives B-cell depletion time after rituximab (RTX) treatment is prolonged in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) compared with other autoimmune diseases. We ...

The role of monocytes in AAV is less well understood. The pathogenic importance of MPO-ANCA is supported by the ability of these antibodies to induce a vasculitis syndrome resembling AAV when MPO-ANCA ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has announced that longtime Armenian-American activist and grassroots leader George Aghjayan will serve as its new national chairman ...

People with vasculitis may need at least three or four vaccinations for COVID-19 before they start to show an immune response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 ...

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 ...