The Vasculitis Foundation announced the 2018 awardees of its one-year grants, amounting a total of $160,000. The three project winners…
Articles by Alice Melão
Compared to patients with inflammatory bowel disorders, the safety and efficacy of azathioprine treatment in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients…
The more white blood cell precursors that an ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) patient has when diagnosed, the worse their disease, a…
ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) may be associated with rare mutations in the alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) protein, a new case report suggests.
Patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis might develop acute thrombocytopenia — extremely low levels of platelets circulating in the blood — after…
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) may manifest as as a painful, progressive skin rash, and be associated with secondary cryoglobulinemia…
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) may sometimes manifest as facial paralysis and ear pain — a potentially challenging diagnosis, according to…
A common antibiotic used to treat a variety of bacterial infections may trigger autoantibodies against the proteinase 3 protein…
Diagnosing ANCA-associated vasculitis in children and adolescents can pose difficulties for doctors, given its rarity and varied clinical course, researchers…
An increase in the production of ANCA antibodies may sometimes be associated with Sweet’s syndrome, a rare condition characterized by…