The goal of initial treatment for vasculitis is to reduce inflammation. Often, intensive pharmaceutical treatments to suppress the immune system and put the disease into remission are used ...

The general principles guiding the treatment of vasculitis are to induce and maintain remission prior to commencing a pregnancy, to recognize and promptly treat any relapse both during pregnancy ...

Bosch and colleagues searched MEDLINE for studies published in English between 1966 and 2007 that evaluated the available treatments for ... (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. A total of 62 ...

The disparities between men and women in prevalence, risk factors and symptoms of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) have a ...

Latent tuberculosis infection-positivity is common among patients with systemic vasculitis and is associated with BD and smoking history.

People with vasculitis may need at least three or four ... showed that there was a significant dampening effect of rituximab treatment on the immune response, “I don't think it's an isolated ...

Most children with ANCA-associated vasculitis had active kidney disease ... even after receiving the most intense treatment regiments. “For patients with less extreme presentations (eg, moderate ...

Considering taking supplements to treat iga vasculitis? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of iga vasculitis. Follow the links to read common uses ...

Relapse is common among patients with systemic polyarteritis nodosa, with mycophenolate performing similarly to cyclophosphamide.

Treatment results in remission for about 85% of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small-vessel vasculitis; however, 11–57% of these suffer relapse, which can ...

Anti-C1q antibodies are highly prevalent among patients with IgG4-RD, particularly those with renal and skin manifestations.