Corticosteroids can be an effective way to treat ANCA-associated vasculitis. Get to know steroids’ risks, from gaining weight ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Special considerations are necessary for use of corticosteroids and systemic therapies in pediatric vasculitis.

Learn the difference between induction and maintenance phases in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) treatment, including what to expect from medications like rituximab (Rituxan).

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)–associated vasculitis, or AAV, causes inflammation of the blood vessels and can affect many parts of the body, including multiple organs. Because of this, ...

LARGE vessel vasculitis may present as leg pain, and FDG-PET/CT uncovered lower extremity predominant disease in 16 patients ...

“Vasculitis” is the umbrella term for a group of rare diseases that cause inflammation of the blood vessels and impaired blood flow. Urticarial vasculitis is a type of vasculitis that primarily ...

Objectives Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic autoimmune disease where infections ...

Are autoimmune diseases fatal? Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system ...