Autoimmune vasculitis is a group of conditions that cause blood vessel inflammation. Examples include Kawasaki disease and giant cell arteritis. They develop as a result of an overreaction of your ...

Standard induction therapy with prednisone and cyclophosphamide (for severe disease ... tract and necrotizing vasculitis affecting small-to-medium sized vessels (e.g., capillaries, venules ...

Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multisystemic vasculitis primarily affecting children <5 years. A review of RotaTeq (rotavirus vaccine live) clinical trial data revealed higher, though not ...

Interstitial Lung Disease Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, ...

A variety of neurologic insults can cause CNS vasculitis (Table 2), and it can also be a primary disease (i.e. primary ... as in this patient, whereas medium-vessel and large-vessel involvement ...

The comprehensive review covers all aspects of large vessel vasculitis from epidemiology, pathogenesis, morbidity and mortality, clinical investigation, treatment and prospects for the future. The ...

yeah.net Objective To construct a predictive tool for the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy in children with Kawasaki disease (KD) in Beijing, China. Design This was a cohort study ...

Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS) is a rare cause of inflammation of the small and medium ... vessel involvement. Digital subtraction angiogram (DSA) sensitivity for PACNS varies ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Differences in neuropsychological testing were not significant at a 4-year follow up. Logical memory ...

"Historically, endothelial cells lining blood vessels have been considered the main contributors of vascular disease," Bertassoni said. "Our findings represent a paradigm shift, showing how ...