Background Belimumab, an anti-B-cell activating factor antibody, is approved for the treatment of auto-antibody positive systemic lupus erythematosus with a high degree of disease activity.
Mieke van Schaik +12 more
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The eye in systemic vasculitis [PDF]
The term 'vasculitis' includes a wide range of disorders characterised by inflammation of the wall of blood vessels, sometimes with necrosis, leading to ischaemia of the affected organ. The exact pathogenesis of most of these vasculitides is not fully understood and although the presence of circulating auto-antibodies seems to be a common feature among
Victor, Menezo, Susan, Lightman
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BackgroundB-cell depletion with rituximab (RTX) is an effective treatment for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients.
Laura S. van Dam +9 more
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The Impact of High Dose Glucocorticoids on Bone Health and Fracture Risk in Systemic Vasculitides
Systemic vasculitides are a range of conditions characterized by inflammation of blood vessels which may manifest as single organ or life-threatening multisystem disease.
Christopher David Box +4 more
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Stroke frequency, associated factors, and clinical features in primary systemic vasculitis: a multicentric observational study. [PDF]
Objectives: The cerebral vessels may be affected in primary systemic vasculitis (PSV), but little is known about cerebrovascular events (CVEs) in this population.
Geraldes R +28 more
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Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Development of Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report [PDF]
A severe vasculitis, probably therapy related, in a sixty-four-year-old man being treated for possible subacute bacterial endocarditis, was associated with the development of transverse myelitis.
Huehns, Tanya Y. +7 more
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Vasculitic peripheral neuropathy [PDF]
Primary systemic vasculitis in pre-capillary arteries is associated with peripheral neuropathy. In some types of systematic vasculitis about 60 % of patients have peripheral nervous system (PNS) involvement.
Mona Amini +2 more
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Classification of systemic vasculitis: evolution from eponyms to modern criteria
Systemic vasculitis is a manifold group of systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by the inflammation of the blood vessels. The first clinical cases of systemic vasculitis were described in the Middle Ages, and most of the currently recognised ...
Nikolay M. Bulanov +3 more
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Incidence of Systemic Vasculitis and Clinical Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis: 2-Years Follow-Up of Asymptomatic Positive for Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibody. [PDF]
Raiwin Suwannamajo, Ajanee Mahakkanukrauh, Siraphop Suwannaroj, Chingching Foocharoen Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, ThailandCorrespondence: Chingching Foocharoen, Department of Medicine, Faculty of ...
Suwannamajo R +3 more
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Takayasu arteritis in childhood: retrospective experience from a tertiary referral centre in the United Kingdom. [PDF]
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an idiopathic large-vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta and its major branches. Although the disease rarely affects children, it does occur, even in infants.
McMahon, AM +11 more
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