by University of Tsukuba Credit: luchschenF/Shutterstock Vasculitis is a group of conditions that results in inflammation of the blood vessels. Symptoms include rash, shortness of breath, vision loss, and kidney failure depending on the location of the inflamed vessels. A rare type of vasculitis, ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), is associated with the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic...
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Medication keeps more patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis in remission than steroids
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Phase 3 clinical trial showed a new medication that interferes with part of the immune system that causes inflammation was more effective than treatment with glucocorticoids (“steroids” such as prednisone) in keeping patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, a disease that causes the...