Disease activity was assessed using the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) V.3.21 In BVAS, symptomatic asthma was scored as ‘wheeze’. Refractory asthma and ear, nose and throat (ENT) disease ...

86 patients had generalised disease with pulmonary manifestations (77%), ear-nose-throat (75%), renal (54% ... Inclusion into the study required a diagnosis of ANCA-associated vasculitis (GPA, MPA or ...

Age at disease flare, sex, ANCA-associated vasculitis, PR3-ANCA status at disease flare, creatininemia >2.27 mg/dL (200 μmol/L), ear, nose and throat, pulmonary and/or cardiovascular involvement(s) ...

Lung pathology was scored blindly on a 0–4 severity scale by a pathologist for alveolar infiltrates, bronchitis and vasculitis. ELISA was performed on the samples collected from the challenged mice as ...

Vasculitis is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of the blood vessels. It can affect arteries, veins, and capillaries. This condition causes blood vessel walls to swell, which ...

Oncology nurses play essential roles in the emerging field of cardio-oncology, which aims to protect patients’ heart function ...

Cutaneous vasculitis (CV) is a term used for inflammation of the blood vessels in the skin that occurs in up to 70% of patients with lupus erythematosus (LE). The inflammation affects the smaller ...

In the next in our series on rare conditions that GPs might only encounter once in a career, Dr James Chambers discusses this rare syndrome and how it should be diagnosed and managed Eosinophilic ...

She's also got various piercings and body modifications, including having her nose removed, tattooing her eyes and tongue, having implants which look like horns on her forehead, and having her ...

Bereavement group Red Nose Australia failed to secure federal funding beyond June 30 and said it would be forced to cut support for grieving families, including its 24/7 helpline and counselling ...

Parkinson's disease presents with many symptoms, over 40 in fact, including the well-known tremor in the arms and hands. The progression and sequence of these symptoms differ among the ...

She’s also got various piercings and body modifications, including having her nose removed, tattooing her eyes and tongue, having implants which look like horns on her forehead, and splitting ...