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

We present a 47-year-old Caucasian fire fighter who developed multisystem organ failure in the setting of a positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (myeloperoxidase ... This case provided a ...

Despite the frequency of coronary artery calcification among patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, only 25% were using statins. A significant percentage of patients ...

In cases of refractory ANCA - associated vasculitis (AAV), plasmapheresis and biological agents may be employed (15). The patient presented in this case had an extensive history of Propylthiouracil ...

An occurrence of systemic vasculitis is a rare complication. When presented as the pulmonary–renal ... a baseline creatinine of 2.4 mg/dL with corresponding eGFR of 21 mL/min/1.73 m 2 (MDRD). Prior ...

Background Since the publication of the EULAR recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2016, several randomised clinical trials ...

Does Long-term Steroid Use Help Prevent Relapse in ANCA-Positive Vasculitis? Dr. Kevin Deane discusses a recent meta-analysis assessing the efficacy of glucocorticoid therapy in preventing relapse ...

In 2019, the age-adjusted prevalence for vasculitis per 1,000,000 Alaska Native and American Indian adults was 752 (95% CI, 581-959). The prevalence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated ...

The histopathological hallmark in the kidney of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is “pauci-immune” necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (NCGN), characterized ...