Background The combination of cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids leads to remission
in most patients with antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitides. …

Objective Earlier studies of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg‐Strauss) (EGPA),
with limited patient numbers and followup durations, demonstrated that clinical …

Background Congenital disorders of glycosylation are genetic syndromes that result in
impaired glycoprotein production. We evaluated patients who had a novel recessive disorder of …

Objectives Growing evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a key role in the pathogenesis
and progression of autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). …

Objective To compare individually tailored, based on trimestrial biological parameter
monitoring, to fixed-schedule rituximab reinfusion for remission maintenance of antineutrophil …

We describe the main characteristics and treatment of urogenital manifestations in patients
with Wegener granulomatosis (WG). We conducted a retrospective review of the charts of 11 …

Importance Results of randomized clinical trials have demonstrated rituximab’s noninferiority
to cyclophosphamide as induction therapy for antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)–…

Aseptic abscesses (AA) are characterized by deep, sterile, round lesions consisting of
neutrophil that do not respond to antibiotics but improve dramatically with corticosteroids. We …

Objective Temporal arteritis (TA) is a typical manifestation of giant cell arteritis (GCA).
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitides (AAVs) are rarely revealed by …

Abstract Treatment of vasculitides associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA)
(AAVs) has evolved dramatically in recent years, particularly since the demonstration of …