More than 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop lupus nephritis (LN) during the disease, which may ...

A 79-year-old keen cyclist from Willunga man credits positive thinking with saving him from a rare disease, ANCA vasculitis, after he experienced severe pains while in Thailand. Roger Fabray ...

This led to a strong likelihood of a diagnosis of GPA, which was confirmed with vasculitis serology showing positive cytoplasmic-ANCA and raised proteinase 3 antibodies. He was thus started on ...

Dysregulation of IC molecules has been described in several autoimmune diseases; however, little is known about the role of ICs in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis ...

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 ...

Objective To compare two long-term remission maintenance strategies for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) vasculitis. Methods We conducted a prospective, single-centre, open-label, randomised ...

Objective To determine the magnitude of all-cause mortality risk in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated vasculitis (AAV) compared with the general population through a ...

and ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, especially cases that were resistant to conventional therapy. In the setting of transplantation, rituximab has been used in ...

COPD is a progressive lung disease with mild symptoms in the early stages that gradually worsen. Early diagnosis and treatment can help preserve lung function. People with COPD often have trouble ...