Discover why it can be best to avoid foods high in sodium and saturated fats, in addition to alcohol, when you are managing ...

Among patients with ANCA-positive vasculitis and severe kidney involvement, older age and low serum albumin levels at ...

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Despite the frequency of coronary artery calcification among patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, only 25% were using statins. A significant percentage of patients ...

A population-based study of Swedish adults found that ANCA-associated vasculitis is more prevalent among men than women. Despite a stable incidence of ANCA-associated vasculitis in southern Sweden, ...

Maintaining remission in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis who have kept their autoantibodies in check after at least 2 years on rituximab therapy has ...

The approval was based on data from the phase 3 ADVOCATE trial, which evaluated Tavneos in 330 adults with newly diagnosed or relapsed ANCA-associated vasculitis. The Food and Drug Administration has ...

Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), Churg–Strauss syndrome, and primary pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis are associated with circulating anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic ...

Avacopan, which targets a receptor that attracts the cells that cause inflammation, was shown to be more effective at keeping patients in remission for a year than prednisone. A Phase 3 clinical trial ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis is a severe condition encompassing two major syndromes: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis) ...