Dr. Kimberly Trotter distilled four high-impact disease clusters—gout, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus ...

A significant percentage of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) demonstrate coronary artery calcification (CAC) on imaging, with variations by ANCA ...

Notably, patients with antiproteinase 3-ANCA (P =.001) exhibited higher C4d levels and C4d/C4 ratios than patients with antimyeloperoxidase-ANCA (P =.007), suggesting that complement activation ...

Patients with MPO-ANCA positivity had significantly higher CAC scores compared with PR3-ANCA-positive patients (median, 24 vs 1; P =.003) and were more likely to have CAC percentiles in the upper ...

Elevated blood eosinophil count (>1 x 10 9 /L). Positive blood test for ANCA. Haematuria (visible and non-visible). May be confused with… Many of the symptoms of EGPA have significant overlap with ...

Roger Fabray, 79, back on his bike after receiving rare diagnosis of life-threatening ANCA-associated vasculitis A 79-year-old keen cyclist from Willunga man credits positive thinking with saving ...

A 79-year-old keen cyclist from Willunga man credits positive thinking with saving him from a rare disease, ANCA vasculitis, after he experienced severe pains while in Thailand. Roger Fabray, 79 ...