The reemergence of myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies — or MPO-ANCA — can serve ... remission in MPO-ANCA–positive ANCA-associated vasculitis, according to findings ...

Patients with AAV are associated with an increased risk for MI, particularly during the first 3 months after diagnosis.

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(C) Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) shows clinical remission after daratumumab ... Patient 2 was a 41-year-old male patient with refractory PR3-ANCA-positive granulomatosis with ...

5 In a study conducted by Lionaki et al., most of the patients with KLD were MPO-ANCA-positive (81%), while in patients with destructive lesions of the upper airway PR3-ANCA prevails (94%). Thus, when ...

Nearly one-third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ANCA positivity were also diagnosed with ANCA-associated vasculitis. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are positive for ...

differ from proteinase-3 (PR3)-ANCA–positive GPA. Methods Diagnostic characteristics and outcomes of newly diagnosed French Vasculitis Study Group Registry patients with ANCA-negative, ...

Shorter periods of immunosuppression are required to treat secondary ANCA-associated vasculitis compared with primary disease. False-positive ANCA assays are also found in patients with other primary ...

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27 28 In conclusion, AAV causing muscle weakness is not commonly recognised. The patients with AAV could have extensive vasculitis within the muscle groups despite having a normal CK. Most of the ...