Background: A 40-year-old man was referred to a specialist vasculitis center 4 years after being diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis. At the time of diagnosis he had presented with skin, ear, nose ...

LIVERPOOL -- Mortality remains high in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), but the causes of death tend to change over time, a researcher reported here. During the first year after diagnosis of ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis encompasses three distinct yet overlapping syndromes: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), microscopic ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis is a severe condition encompassing two major syndromes: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis) ...

The Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network and the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium launched a study entitled "Impact of vasculitis on employment and income" or "VascWork." The purpose of ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. The first randomized controlled trial performed by the European Vasculitis Study Group was designed to prove that substituting ...

Achieving effective maintenance therapy with minimal adverse effects for patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody associated vasculitis is a major challenge facing the vasculitis ...

Thanks to the well-publicized death of actor/director Harold Ramis, the disease he suffered from — vasculitis — is getting more attention, which can help patients and doctors understand this elusive ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & WESTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced today that the U.S. Food and ...

There is no consensus on diagnostic criteria for primary systemic vasculitis. However, vasculitis syndromes are classified according to the size of vessel predominantly involved and the presence or ...