Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The ...

The third phase is vasculitis, usually involving the skin, lungs, nerves, kidneys, and other organs. There is frequent devastation of the nerves, called mononeuritis multiplex, which causes severe ...

Nellie Zygiel of Fairhaven has battled illness much of her life. Diagnosed with a rare disease, her life has been saved ...

Some of the common autoimmune diseases that are quite familiar to the public are Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Vitiligo, ...

Medscape Medical News, October 08, 2024 Frailty Outweighs Age in Predicting ANCA Vasculitis Outcomes Frailty emerged as an independent risk factor for severe infection and end-stage renal disease ...

Identification of risk factors for relapse of ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis would allow therapy ... of resistance also rose with severity of kidney disease. Of the patients who attained ...

A significant percentage of patients with RA and ANCA positivity were also diagnosed with AAV, with GPA being the most common subtype.

"Sure enough, it was vasculitis, he was right," she said. "He's still my rheumatologist to this day." A biopsy confirmed the rare disease had affected her kidneys. A spinal tap found that her ...