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 ...

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 ...

see Table 1). Patients with vasculitis are at increased risk of thromboembolic events as pregnancy is a further thrombotic risk factor; aspirin and/or heparin may need to be considered.

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 ...

Despite the frequency of coronary artery calcification among patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, only 25% were using statins. A significant percentage of ...