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Management of ANCA-associated vasculitis: Current trends and future prospects [PDF]

, 2010
Sally Hamour, Alan D Salama, Charles D PuseyImperial College Kidney and Transplant Institute, Imperial College, London, UKAbstract: The antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides are a spectrum of heterogeneous autoimmune diseases ...
Hamour, S, Alan D Salama, Pusey, CD, Sally Hamour, Salama, AD, Charles D Pusey   +5 more
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High anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody titers are associated with the requirement of permanent dialysis in patients with myeloperoxidase-ANCA-associated vasculitis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019
Background/Purpose: A reliable noninvasive prognostic factor of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is still lacking, but little research has focused on the value of MPO-ANCA titers in patients with active vasculitis.
Chieh-Li Yen, Ya-Chung Tian, Hsin-Hsu Wu, Kun-Hua Tu, Shou-Hsuan Liu, Cheng-Chia Lee, Ji-Tseng Fang, Chih-Wei Yang, Yi-Jung Li   +8 more
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Clinical value of determining the markers of vascular wall damage in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis and polyarteritis nodosa

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2020
The aim of the study – to determine the diagnostic value of serum levels of endothelin-1, alpha-actin-2 and elastin in patients with primary systemic vasculitis. Materials and methods.
L. B. Petelytska, O. B. Yaremenko
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Complement in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Seminars in Nephrology, 2013
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) are the likely cause for necrotizing small vessel vasculitis and crescentic glomerulonephritis. Unlike other forms of crescentic glomerulonephritis induced by immune complexes or anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibodies that have conspicuous vessel wall immunoglobulin and complement, there
J, Charles Jennette, Hong, Xiao, Peiqi, Hu   +2 more
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The role of surgery in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitides affecting the nose and sinuses: A systematic review

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Background: The ear, nose and throat region has been reported to be one of the commonest sites involved in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis diseases and often precedes the diagnosis of ANCA–associated vasculitis by many ...
Alfonso Luca Pendolino, Samit Unadkat, Henry Zhang, Monica Pendolino, Gerolamo Bianchi, Premjit S Randhawa, Peter J Andrews   +6 more
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What is new in the management of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis? [PDF]

, 2015
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) results from severe crescentic damage to glomeruli and leads to irreversible kidney failure if not diagnosed and managed in a timely fashion.
Greenhall, GHB, G. H. B. Greenhall, Salama, AD, A. D. Salama   +3 more
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Obinutuzumab as treatment for ANCA-associated vasculitis

, 2021
International audienceAbstract Objectives Rituximab is a standard of care therapy for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis. When rituximab is contraindicated, or in the case of refractory disease, other treatments are needed.
Langford, Carol, Amudala, Naomi, Sheridan, Brittany, Geara, Abdallah, Merkel, Peter, Cornec, Divi, Boukhlal, Sara   +6 more
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ANCA-associated vasculitis with cardiac valve vegetations in two teenage males: two case reports and a literature review

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2022
Background Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is a term used to describe systemic vasculitides that affect small and medium-sized blood vessels.
Alexandra Theisen, Carrie L. Phillips, Martha Rodriguez   +2 more
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Rapid progression of large intracranial cerebral artery involvement in a patient with myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis [PDF]

Journal of Medicine and Life Science
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis that predominantly affects small vessels of the body. The two most common ANCAs are myeloperoxidase ANCA and proteinase 3 ANCA.
Jihee Ko, Jay Chol Choi
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ANCA-associated renal vasculitis [PDF]

Kidney International, 2001
The hemoglobin level was 8.8 g/dL with normal indices. The CASE PRESENTATION erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 70 mm/hr. C-reactive proA 62-year-old white woman presented to another hospital tein was 30 mg/L (normal 10 mg/L), and she had a positive with a five-week history of profound malaise and small joint antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA ...
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