5 A new EUVAS (European Vasculitis Study Group) study has demonstrated that capture ELISA is superior to direct ELISA for PR3-ANCA detection in Wegener's granulomatosis. 6 The best strategy to ...

Nearly all children with ANCA-associated vasculitis demonstrate active kidney disease at diagnosis, and their renal function ...

or present as a primary disease (see Table 1). Small vessel vasculitis may present as palpable purpura, urticaria, pustules, vesicles, petechiae, painful red bumps and hard spots, small bruises ...

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 ...

Children with AAV and kidney disease face increased risks for long-term renal damage at 1 year, despite the majority achieving inactive renal disease by this time.