Continued From Part One Case #2 The second case involved a sixteen-year-old male in the ICU unit with suspected bacterial hypoxic respiratory failure associated with viral pneumonia. The teen’s history…
A group of autoimmune diseases called anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is the subject of a preprint under consideration at Pediatric Rheumatology. ANCA-AAV is characterized by damage to small…
ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) generally targets two enzymes, myeloperoxidase (MPO) or proteinase 3 (PR3) located in the granules of monocytes and neutrophils. These enzymes play a critical role in the…
According to a story from ANCA Vasculitis News, the biopharmaceutical company ChemoCentryx has recently made an amendment to its approval application for its investigational therapy. This therapy, called avacopan, is…
According to an article in Healio, Dr. Anisha Dua recently addressed attendees at the ACR Clinical Symposium on the subject of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. Dr. Dua is the…
According to a story from ANCA Vasculitis News, the month of May is recognized as Vasculitis Awareness Month, a time for spreading awareness about vasculitis among the general public and…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
According to a story from wndu.com, a fundraiser that was held in Berrien Springs, Michigan, is helping to raise money for Carter Sheline, who recently graduated from high school and…
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