An Atypical Case of Hepatitis B-Associated Vasculitis [PDF]
, 2023 One of the many extra-hepatic manifestations of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections is vasculitis. While the classic HBV-associated vasculitis is polyarteritis nodosa, other vasculitides have been reported.
Christopher S. Jenkins +4 more
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Inflammatory vaginitis in women on long-term rituximab treatment for autoimmune disorders
BMC Women's Health, 2021 Background Consequences of long-term B cell depletion with rituximab are not well understood. We describe inflammatory vaginitis as a potential side effect of long-term rituximab treatment, distinct from previously described vulvovaginal pyoderma ...
Laura Yockey +8 more
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Reuma.pt/vasculitis – the Portuguese vasculitis registry [PDF]
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020 AbstractBackgroundThe vasculitides are a group of rare diseases with different manifestations and outcomes. New therapeutic options have led to the need for long-term registries. The Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Reuma.pt, is a web-based electronic clinical record, created in 2008, which currently includes specific modules for 12 diseases and
Ponte, Cristina +33 more
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Diagnostic delays in vasculitis and factors associated with time to diagnosis
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021 Background Patients with vasculitis, a set of rare diseases, encounter delays in obtaining an accurate diagnosis which can lead to substantial morbidity and increased mortality.
Antoine G. Sreih +9 more
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Trials, 2023 Background Sequential B cell-targeted immunotherapy with BAFF antagonism (belimumab) and B cell depletion (rituximab) may enhance B cell targeting in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) through several mechanisms.
Mark E. McClure +13 more
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Introduction to the PANLAR Guidelines: Giant Cell Arteritis
Global Rheumatology, 2022 Introduction to the PANLAR Guidelines: Giant Cell Arteritis Dr. Sebastián Unizony describes how the process of construction and consolidation of this document by a team of experts was.
Sebastian Unizony
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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with multifocal sensory neuropathy responsive to intravenous immunoglobulins: a case report [PDF]
, 2021 Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is a common form of small-vessel vasculitis, which commonly presents as palpable purpura or petechiae, caused by deposition of circulating immune complexes on vessels walls that attracts granulocytes which damage the ...
Felicetti, Mara +6 more
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Patient involvement in medical research: what patients and physicians learn from each other
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2019 Background There is increasing interest in actively involving patients in the process of medical research to help ensure research is relevant and important to both researchers and people affected by the disease under study.
Kalen Young +11 more
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Takayasu arteritis in childhood: retrospective experience from a tertiary referral centre in the United Kingdom. [PDF]
, 2015 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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Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis after Pneumococcal pneumonia in an Elderly Adult [PDF]
, 2007 Hypersensitivity vasculitis (HSV) has been used to describe several forms of vasculitis of small blood vessels, including Henoch-Sch?nlein purpura (HSP), mixed cryoglobulinemia, and allergic vasculitis, etc.
Mizuta, Yohei +8 more
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