Treatment results in remission for about 85% of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small-vessel vasculitis; however, 11–57% of these suffer relapse, which can ...
Although immunosuppressive treatment of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis results in a 10-year survival rate of 60–90%, a substantial number of patients suffer ...
Children with AAV and kidney disease face increased risks for long-term renal damage at 1 year, despite the majority achieving inactive renal disease by this time.
Lesions in ANCA-associated vasculitides are characterized by neutrophil infiltration within the blood-vessel wall. Neutrophils have left the bloodstream and become fully activated in the vascular ...