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Vasculitides affecting these vessels may be broadly divided into anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated and non-ANCA vasculitides. Types of small vessel vasculitis ...

VEXAS syndrome is known to be a mimicker of ANCA-associated vasculitis, making it a challenge to distinguish between the disorders. VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic ...

Antibodies with Dual Reactivity to Plasminogen and Complementary PR3 in PR3-ANCA Vasculitis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Online August 13, 2008; December 2008 In Print ...

Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is an autoimmune disorder that is due to the production of autoantibodies against some of the body’s own antigens. It occurs most commonly in children between the ...

Among patients with an autoimmune disease called ANCA-associated vasculitis, autoantibody increases were linked with an 11-fold increased risk of relapse in patients whose kidneys were affected, a ...

August 14, 2008 Paper in the JASN notes that 22% of PR3 ANCA vasculitis patients had antiplasminogen antibodies and 56% of them had blood-clotting complications.

TOPLINE: Rituximab and cyclophosphamide are equally effective in achieving remission or low disease activity rates in childhood-onset antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a severe autoimmune condition in which circulating autoantibodies target components of neutrophils, notably proteinase 3 and ...