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Fewer steroids, no plasma exchange: A change in treatment for vasculitis
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Fewer steroids, no plasma exchange: A change in treatment for vasculitis

by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania A decade-spanning trial found that for patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, two common methods of treatment actually do not have an impact on their long-term survival. The study, called PEXIVAS, was co-led by Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH, chief of Rheumatology in the...